repair: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with R · ends with R
Meaning of repair
verb
- ambitransitive
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
Example: to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
- ambitransitive
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
Example: to repair a loss or damage
Listed forms: repairs, repairing, repaired, glossary, repairest.
Source: Wiktionary — repair.
noun
- ambitransitive, countable, uncountable
The act of repairing something.
Example: I took the car to the workshop for repair.
- ambitransitive, countable, uncountable
The act of repairing something. An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.
- ambitransitive, countable, uncountable
The result of repairing something.
Example: If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
- ambitransitive, countable, uncountable
The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
Example: The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.
Listed forms: repairs.
Source: Wiktionary — repair.
noun
- ambitransitive
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
Example: our annual repair to the mountains
- ambitransitive
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
Listed forms: repairs.
Source: Wiktionary — repair.
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 repair.
noun
the act of putting something in working order again
noun
a frequently visited place
verb
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
verb
make amends for; pay compensation for
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is repair in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of repair
R(1) + E(1) + P(3) + A(1) + I(1) + R(1) = 8 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 repair
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from repair
40 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in repair. Showing up to 24, longest first.