reform: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with R · ends with M
Meaning of reform
noun
- countable, uncountable
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
Example: The elections need to undergo a serious reform.
Listed forms: reforms.
Source: Wiktionary — reform.
verb
- transitive
To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
Example: to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal
- intransitive
To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
Example: It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform.
- intransitive, transitive
To form again or in a new configuration.
Example: This product contains reformed meat.
Listed forms: reforms, reforming, reformed.
Source: Wiktionary — reform.
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 reform.
verb
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
verb
change for the better
- straighten out
- see the 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 reform in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of reform
R(1) + E(1) + F(4) + O(1) + R(1) + M(3) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of reform
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from reform
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in reform. Showing up to 24, longest first.