internet: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 8 letter points · starts with I · ends with T
Meaning of internet
noun
- uncountable
Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.
Example: Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email.
- countable
Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet.
- Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable
A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.
- Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable
The knowledge or ability to read the room, especially to avoid being politically incorrect, chiefly to make light of someone's lack of such knowledge, implied to be gained only from active use of social media.
Listed forms: internets.
Source: Wiktionary — internet.
verb
- Internet, informal, intransitive
To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.
Example: Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad.
Listed forms: internets, internetting, internetted.
Source: Wiktionary — internet.
verb
- ambitransitive, specifically
To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).
- ambitransitive, archaic, rare
To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.
Listed forms: internets, internetting, internetted.
Source: Wiktionary — internet.
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 internet.
noun
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is internet in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of internet
I(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + N(1) + E(1) + T(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of internet
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from internet
65 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in internet. Showing up to 24, longest first.