length: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with L · ends with H
Meaning of length
noun
- countable, uncountable
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- countable, uncountable
Duration.
- countable, uncountable
The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
Example: five lengths ahead of the field
- countable, uncountable
Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
Listed forms: lengths.
Source: Wiktionary — length.
verb
- obsolete
To lengthen.
Example: Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.
Listed forms: lengths, lengthing, lengthed.
Source: Wiktionary — length.
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 length.
noun
continuance in time
noun
size of the gap between two places
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is length in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of length
L(1) + E(1) + N(1) + G(2) + T(1) + H(4) = 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 length
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 length
28 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in length. Showing up to 24, longest first.