school: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with S · ends with L
Meaning of school
noun
- Canada, India, US, countable, uncountable
An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
Example: Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
- UK, countable, uncountable
An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
- UK, countable, uncountable
At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
Example: Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
- countable, uncountable
Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
Example: We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
Listed forms: schools, schole.
Source: Wiktionary — school.
verb
- transitive
To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
Example: Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
- transitive
To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
- transitive
To control, or compose, one’s expression.
Example: She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
Listed forms: schools, schooling, schooled, schole.
Source: Wiktionary — school.
noun
- collective
A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
Example: The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
A multitude.
Listed forms: schools, skull.
Source: Wiktionary — school.
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 school.
noun
a building where young people receive education
noun
the process of being formally educated at a school
noun
the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
- schooltime
- school day
noun
a large group of fish
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is school in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of school
S(1) + C(3) + H(4) + O(1) + O(1) + L(1) = 11 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 school
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from school
42 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in school. Showing up to 24, longest first.