island: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 7 letter points · starts with I · ends with D
Meaning of island
noun
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
- broadly
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
Example: Despite its name, Barry Island is actually a peninsula
An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
Example: The quiet library was an island of tranquility in the noisy, bustling city.
A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
Listed forms: islands, iland, yland, ylond, ylelond.
Source: Wiktionary — island.
verb
- transitive
To surround with water; make into an island.
- transitive
To set, dot (as if) with islands.
Example: the many-islanded Aegean
- transitive
To isolate.
Listed forms: islands, islanding, islanded, iland, yland, ylond, ylelond.
Source: Wiktionary — island.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is island 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 island
I(1) + S(1) + L(1) + A(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 7 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 island
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 island
57 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in island. Showing up to 24, longest first.