hunt: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with H · ends with T
Meaning of hunt
verb
- ambitransitive
To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
Example: State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.
- ambitransitive
To try to find something; search (for).
Example: The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
- transitive
To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
Example: to hunt down a criminal
- transitive
To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
Example: Did you hunt that pony last week?
Listed forms: hunts, hunting, hunted.
Source: Wiktionary — hunt.
noun
The act of hunting.
A hunting expedition.
An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- collective
A pack of hunting dogs.
Listed forms: hunts.
Source: Wiktionary — hunt.
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 hunt.
noun
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- hunt club
noun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
noun
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
noun
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hunt 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 hunt
H(4) + U(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of hunt
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 hunt
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hunt. Showing up to 24, longest first.