rescue: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with R · ends with E
Meaning of rescue
verb
- transitive
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
Example: The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.
- transitive
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
Example: to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
- transitive
To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- figuratively, transitive
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
Example: Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
Listed forms: rescues, rescuing, rescued.
Source: Wiktionary — rescue.
noun
- countable, uncountable
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- countable, uncountable
A liberation, freeing.
- countable, uncountable
The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- countable, uncountable
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
Example: The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
Listed forms: rescues.
Source: Wiktionary — rescue.
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 rescue.
noun
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
verb
free from harm or evil
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rescue in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rescue
R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + C(3) + U(1) + E(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of rescue
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from rescue
41 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rescue. Showing up to 24, longest first.