rock: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with R · ends with K
Meaning of rock
noun
- uncountable
A formation of minerals, specifically: The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
Example: The face of the cliff is solid rock.
- countable, uncountable
A formation of minerals, specifically: A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
Example: The ship crashed on the rocks.
- Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
A formation of minerals, specifically: A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
Example: Some fool has thrown a rock through my window.
- countable, uncountable
A formation of minerals, specifically: Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
Listed forms: rocks.
Source: Wiktionary — rock.
verb
- transitive
To pelt with rocks; to stone.
Listed forms: rocks, rocking, rocked.
Source: Wiktionary — rock.
verb
- intransitive, transitive
To move gently back and forth.
Example: Rock the baby to sleep.
- intransitive, transitive
To move gently back and forth. To sway one's body as a stim.
- transitive
To cause to shake or sway violently.
Example: Don't rock the boat.
- intransitive
To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
Example: The boat rocked at anchor.
Listed forms: rocks, rocking, rocked.
Source: Wiktionary — rock.
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 rock.
noun
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
noun
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
noun
hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
- rock candy
noun
a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- rock 'n' roll
- rock'n'roll
- rock-and-roll
- rock and roll
- rock music
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rock in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rock
R(1) + O(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 10 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 rock
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from rock
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rock. Showing up to 24, longest first.