scope: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of scope
noun
- countable, uncountable
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
Example: Environmental impacts lie outside the scope of this report.
- countable, uncountable
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- countable, uncountable
Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
Example: My job doesn't give me much scope for personal development.
- countable, uncountable
The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
Listed forms: scopes.
Source: Wiktionary — scope.
verb
- informal, transitive
To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
- colloquial
To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
Example: The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
To define the scope of something.
To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
Example: If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.
Listed forms: scopes, scoping, scoped.
Source: Wiktionary — scope.
noun
- obsolete
A bundle, as of twigs.
Listed forms: scopes.
Source: Wiktionary — scope.
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 scope.
noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
noun
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
noun
a magnifier of images of distant objects
noun
electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
- oscilloscope
- cathode-ray oscilloscope
- CRO
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is scope in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of scope
S(1) + C(3) + O(1) + P(3) + E(1) = 9 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 scope
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from scope
26 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in scope. Showing up to 24, longest first.