paint: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with P · ends with T
Meaning of paint
noun
- countable, uncountable
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
Example: fresh coat of paint
- countable, in-plural, uncountable
A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- countable, slang, uncountable
The free-throw lane, construed with the.
Example: The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
- slang, uncountable
Paintballs.
Example: I am running low on paint for my marker.
Listed forms: paints.
Source: Wiktionary — paint.
verb
- transitive
To apply paint to.
Example: I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
- transitive
To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- transitive
To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- transitive
To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
Listed forms: paints, painting, painted.
Source: Wiktionary — paint.
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 paint.
noun
a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
noun
(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
noun
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is paint in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of paint
P(3) + A(1) + I(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 7 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 paint
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from paint
32 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in paint. Showing up to 24, longest first.