growth: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with G · ends with H
Meaning of growth
noun
- countable, uncountable
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
Example: Nanoelectronics is one of the area's few growth industries .
- countable, uncountable
An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
Example: Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
- countable, uncountable
The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- countable, uncountable
Something that grows or has grown.
Listed forms: growths.
Source: Wiktionary — growth.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for growth.
noun
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- growing
- maturation
- development
- ontogeny
- ontogenesis
noun
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
noun
the gradual beginning or coming forth
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is growth in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of growth
G(2) + R(1) + O(1) + W(4) + T(1) + H(4) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of growth
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from growth
35 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in growth. Showing up to 24, longest first.