murder: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with M · ends with R
Meaning of murder
noun
- countable
An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
Example: Throwing that punch was a murder whether you meant for it to happen or not.
- uncountable
An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination. The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
Example: The defendant was charged with murder.
- uncountable
An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination. The act of killing any being in an immoral manner; (countable) an instance of this.
Example: Meat is murder.
- figuratively, uncountable
Something difficult or terrible to endure.
Example: I heard this class is murder.
Listed forms: murders, murther.
Source: Wiktionary — murder.
verb
To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination
Example: The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
- colloquial, excessive
To kill violently.
Example: My uncle’s dog murdered my cat.
- colloquial, excessive, figuratively, transitive
To defeat decisively.
Example: Our team is going to murder them.
- colloquial, excessive, figuratively
To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
Example: He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!
Listed forms: murders, murdering, murdered, murther.
Source: Wiktionary — murder.
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 murder.
noun
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
verb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
verb
alter so as to make unrecognizable
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is murder in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of murder
M(3) + U(1) + R(1) + D(2) + E(1) + R(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of murder
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 murder
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in murder. Showing up to 24, longest first.