spider: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with S · ends with R
Meaning of spider
noun
- countable, uncountable
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- Internet, countable, uncountable
A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
- Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
- countable, slang, uncountable
A spindly person.
Listed forms: spiders.
Source: Wiktionary — spider.
verb
- intransitive
To move like a spider.
- intransitive
To cover a surface like a cobweb.
- Internet
To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
Example: The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.
Listed forms: spiders, spidering, spidered.
Source: Wiktionary — spider.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is spider in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of spider
S(1) + P(3) + I(1) + D(2) + E(1) + R(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of spider
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from spider
65 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in spider. Showing up to 24, longest first.