out: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 3 letter points · starts with O · ends with T
Meaning of out
adv
- not-comparable
Away from the inside or centre.
Example: The magician tapped the hat, and a rabbit jumped out.
- not-comparable
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
Example: Once they had landed, the commandos quickly spread out along the beach.
- not-comparable
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus. Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.
Example: Let’s eat out tonight
- not-comparable
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus. Away from the doer, especially vigorously.
Example: hit out, lash out, speak out, shout out, yell out
Listed forms: oot, oute.
Source: Wiktionary — out.
prep
- informal, proscribed, sometimes
From the inside to the outside of; out of.
Example: throw it out the window; get it out your mind
Listed forms: oot, oute.
Source: Wiktionary — out.
noun
A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
Example: They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
A card which can make a hand a winner.
Listed forms: outs, oot, oute.
Source: Wiktionary — out.
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 out.
adjective
being out or having grown cold
adjective
excluded from use or mention
adjective
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
adverb
from one's possession
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is out in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of out
O(1) + U(1) + T(1) = 3 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 out
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 out
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in out. Showing up to 24, longest first.