sort: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with S · ends with T
Meaning of sort
noun
A general type.
- informal
A person evaluated in a certain way.
Example: good sort, bad sort
- Australia, UK, informal
A good-looking woman.
An act of sorting.
Example: I had a sort of my cupboard.
Listed forms: sorts.
Source: Wiktionary — sort.
verb
- transitive
To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
Example: Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language.
- transitive
To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
Example: Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch.
- transitive
To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- intransitive
To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
Listed forms: sorts, sorting, sorted, glossary, sortest.
Source: Wiktionary — sort.
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 sort.
noun
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
noun
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
verb
examine in order to test suitability
verb
arrange or order by classes or categories
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is sort in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of sort
S(1) + O(1) + R(1) + T(1) = 4 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 sort
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from sort
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in sort. Showing up to 24, longest first.