language: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with L · ends with E
Meaning of language
noun
- countable
A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
Example: The English and German languages are both members of the West Germanic language family.
- uncountable
The ability to communicate using words.
Example: the gift of language
- uncountable
A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
Example: legal language; the language of chemistry
- uncountable
The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
Listed forms: languages.
Source: Wiktionary — language.
verb
- nonstandard, rare
To communicate by language; to express in language.
Listed forms: languages, languaging, languaged.
Source: Wiktionary — language.
intj
An admonishment said in response to someone using vulgar language during a conversation.
Source: Wiktionary — language.
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 language.
noun
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- linguistic communication
noun
(language) communication by word of mouth
- speech
- speech communication
- spoken communication
- spoken language
- voice communication
- oral communication
noun
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
noun
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
- linguistic process
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is language in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of language
L(1) + A(1) + N(1) + G(2) + U(1) + A(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 10 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 language
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 language
72 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in language. Showing up to 24, longest first.