help: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with H · ends with P
Meaning of help
noun
- uncountable, usually
Action given to provide assistance; aid.
Example: I need some help with my homework.
- uncountable, usually
Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
Example: He was a great help to me when I was moving house.
- uncountable, usually
Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
Example: I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.
- countable, usually
A study aid.
Example: I've printed out a list of math helps.
Listed forms: helps.
Source: Wiktionary — help.
verb
- transitive
To provide assistance to (someone or something).
Example: He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.
- transitive
To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
Example: It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.
- transitive
To contribute in some way to.
Example: The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
- intransitive
To provide assistance.
Example: She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.
Listed forms: helps, helping, helped, holp, holpen, glossary.
Source: Wiktionary — help.
intj
A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.
Example: — Take that, you scoundrel. — Help! Robin, help!
- Internet
A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance.
Example: helpppp that's too funny, did she rlly say that?
Source: Wiktionary — help.
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 help.
noun
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
noun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
noun
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
noun
a means of serving
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is help in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of help
H(4) + E(1) + L(1) + P(3) = 9 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 help
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 help
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in help. Showing up to 24, longest first.