hat: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with H · ends with T
Meaning of hat
noun
A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- figuratively
A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
- figuratively
Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
- broadly, figuratively
Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery. The lottery or draw itself.
Example: We're both in the hat: let's hope we come up against each other.
Listed forms: hats.
Source: Wiktionary — hat.
verb
- transitive
To place a hat on.
- transitive
To appoint as cardinal.
- intransitive
To shop for hats.
- transitive
To collapse with a template a part of a discussion due to it being overly long, disruptive, or already addressed.
Listed forms: hats, hatting, hatted.
Source: Wiktionary — hat.
verb
- Northern-England, Scotland, form-of, obsolete, past
simple past of hit
Base or related entry: hit.
Source: Wiktionary — hat.
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 hat.
noun
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hat in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hat
H(4) + A(1) + T(1) = 6 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 hat
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 hat
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hat. Showing up to 24, longest first.