manual: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with M · ends with L
Meaning of manual
noun
Synonym of handbook.
A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
Example: The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?
A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
A keyboard on an organ.
Listed forms: manuals, manuall.
Source: Wiktionary — manual.
adj
Performed with the hands.
Operated by means of the hands.
Performed by a human rather than a machine.
Example: The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.
Listed forms: manuall.
Source: Wiktionary — manual.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
Example: Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.
- countable, metonymically, uncountable
A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. A vehicle with a manual transmission.
Example: I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.
- countable, uncountable
A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
- countable, uncountable
A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine. A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
Listed forms: manuals, manuall.
Source: Wiktionary — manual.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
(military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle
- manual of arms
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is manual 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 manual
M(3) + A(1) + N(1) + U(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 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 manual
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from manual
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