range: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with R · ends with E
Meaning of range
noun
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
Selection, array.
Example: We sell a wide range of cars.
An area for practicing shooting at targets.
Listed forms: ranges.
Source: Wiktionary — range.
verb
- intransitive
To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- transitive
To rove over or through.
Example: to range the fields
- transitive
To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- intransitive
Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
Example: The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
Listed forms: ranges, ranging, ranged.
Source: Wiktionary — range.
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 range.
noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
noun
the limits within which something can be effective
noun
a series of hills or mountains
- mountain range
- range of mountains
- chain
- mountain chain
- chain of mountains
noun
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- image
- range of a function
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is range in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of range
R(1) + A(1) + N(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 6 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 range
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from range
29 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in range. Showing up to 24, longest first.