passage: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of passage
noun
A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
Example: passage of scripture
Part of a path or journey.
Example: He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
An incident or episode.
The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
Example: The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
Listed forms: passages.
Source: Wiktionary — passage.
verb
To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.
Example: He passaged the virus through a series of goats.
- rare
To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
Example: They passaged to America in 1902.
Listed forms: passages, passaging, passaged.
Source: Wiktionary — passage.
adj
- attributive, not-comparable
Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.
Example: Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train.
Source: Wiktionary — passage.
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 passage.
noun
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
noun
the passing of a law by a legislative body
noun
a journey usually by ship
noun
a short section of a musical composition
- musical passage
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is passage in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of passage
P(3) + A(1) + S(1) + S(1) + A(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 10 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 passage
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 passage
53 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in passage. Showing up to 24, longest first.