look: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with L · ends with K
Meaning of look
verb
- intransitive
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. As an intransitive verb, often with “at”.
Example: They kept looking at me.
- colloquial, transitive
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
Example: Look what you did to him!
To appear, to seem.
Example: It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like rain [is coming].
- copulative
To give an appearance of being.
Example: What a fright you looked in that hideous outfit.
Listed forms: looks, looking, looked, glossary, lookest.
Source: Wiktionary — look.
intj
Pay attention.
Example: Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely.
Source: Wiktionary — look.
noun
The action of looking; an attempt to see.
Example: Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.
- often, plural
Physical appearance, visual impression.
Example: She got her mother’s looks.
A facial expression.
Example: He gave me a dirty look.
Listed forms: looks.
Source: Wiktionary — look.
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 look.
noun
the feelings expressed on a person's face
- expression
- aspect
- facial expression
- face
noun
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
- looking
- looking at
noun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
verb
give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is look in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of look
L(1) + O(1) + O(1) + K(5) = 8 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 look
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from look
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in look. Showing up to 24, longest first.