horse: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with H · ends with E
Meaning of horse
noun
- countable, uncountable
A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
Example: A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.
- countable, uncountable
A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
- countable, uncountable
A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
Example: These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
- countable, uncountable
A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. A male horse, as opposed to a mare.
Listed forms: horses, harse, hawss, hoss.
Source: Wiktionary — horse.
verb
- intransitive
Synonym of horse around.
- transitive
To play mischievous pranks on.
- transitive
To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
Listed forms: horses, horsing, horsed.
Source: Wiktionary — horse.
noun
- slang, uncountable
Heroin (drug).
Source: Wiktionary — horse.
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 horse.
noun
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- Equus caballus
noun
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
- gymnastic horse
noun
troops trained to fight on horseback
- cavalry
- horse cavalry
noun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is horse in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of horse
H(4) + O(1) + R(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 8 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 horse
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from horse
35 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in horse. Showing up to 24, longest first.