pilot: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with P · ends with T
Meaning of pilot
noun
A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
A guide book for maritime navigation.
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
Listed forms: pilots, pylote, pylot.
Source: Wiktionary — pilot.
adj
- not-comparable
Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
Example: The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
- not-comparable
Used to control or activate another device.
- not-comparable
Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle or combination.
Listed forms: pylote, pylot.
Source: Wiktionary — pilot.
verb
- transitive
To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- transitive
To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- transitive
To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
Listed forms: pilots, piloting, piloted, pylote, pylot.
Source: Wiktionary — pilot.
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 pilot.
noun
someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- airplane pilot
noun
a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- pilot program
- pilot film
noun
something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
noun
small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- pilot burner
- pilot light
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pilot in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of pilot
P(3) + I(1) + L(1) + O(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 pilot
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 pilot
26 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pilot. Showing up to 24, longest first.