search: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with S · ends with H
Meaning of search
noun
- countable, uncountable
An attempt to find something.
Example: With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.
- countable, uncountable
The act of searching in general.
Example: Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.
Listed forms: searches.
Source: Wiktionary — search.
verb
- transitive
To look in (a place) for something.
Example: I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
- intransitive
To look thoroughly.
Example: The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
- transitive
To put a phrase into a search engine, especially one besides Google.
Example: I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.
- archaic, transitive
To look for, seek.
Listed forms: searches, searching, searched, glossary, searchest.
Source: Wiktionary — search.
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 search.
noun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
noun
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
verb
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
- seek
- look for
verb
search or seek
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is search in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of search
S(1) + E(1) + A(1) + R(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 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 search
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from search
77 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in search. Showing up to 24, longest first.