land: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with L · ends with D
Meaning of land
noun
- countable, uncountable
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Example: Most insects live on land.
- countable, uncountable
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
Example: There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
- countable, uncountable
A country or region.
Example: They come from a faraway land.
- countable, uncountable
A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
Listed forms: lands.
Source: Wiktionary — land.
verb
- intransitive
To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
Example: The plane is about to land.
- intransitive
To come into rest.
- intransitive
To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- transitive
To bring to land.
Example: It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
Listed forms: lands, landing, landed.
Source: Wiktionary — land.
noun
- uncountable
lant; urine
Source: Wiktionary — land.
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 land.
noun
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
noun
territory over which rule or control is exercised
noun
the solid part of the earth's surface
noun
the territory occupied by a nation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is land in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of land
L(1) + A(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 5 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 land
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 land
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in land. Showing up to 24, longest first.