older: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with O · ends with R
Meaning of older
adj
- comparative, form-of
comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
Base or related entry: old.
Example: My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.
Source: Wiktionary — older.
adj
- not-comparable
elderly
Example: The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
Source: Wiktionary — older.
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 older.
adjective
advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
adjective
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- elder
- sr.
adjective
skilled through long experience
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is older 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 older
O(1) + L(1) + D(2) + E(1) + R(1) = 6 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 older
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 older
30 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in older. Showing up to 24, longest first.