railroad: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 9 letter points · starts with R · ends with D
Meaning of railroad
noun
- Philippines, US
A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
Example: Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
- US
The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- US
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
Example: Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
- figuratively
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
Example: The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
Listed forms: railroads.
Source: Wiktionary — railroad.
verb
- transitive
To transport via railroad.
- intransitive
To operate a railroad.
Example: The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
- intransitive
To work for a railroad.
Example: She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.
- intransitive
To travel by railroad.
Listed forms: railroads, railroading, railroaded.
Source: Wiktionary — railroad.
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 railroad.
noun
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
- railway
- railroad line
- railway line
- railway system
noun
a line of track providing a runway for wheels
- railroad track
- railway
verb
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is railroad in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of railroad
R(1) + A(1) + I(1) + L(1) + R(1) + O(1) + A(1) + D(2) = 9 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 railroad
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 railroad
66 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in railroad. Showing up to 24, longest first.