stop: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with S · ends with P
Meaning of stop
verb
- intransitive
To cease moving.
Example: I stopped at the traffic lights.
- intransitive
Not to continue.
Example: The riots stopped when police moved in.
- transitive
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
Example: The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
- transitive
To cease; to no longer continue.
Example: One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.
Listed forms: stops, stopping, stopped, glossary, stoppest.
Source: Wiktionary — stop.
noun
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
Example: They agreed to meet at the bus stop.
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
Example: That stop was not planned.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
Example: door stop
Listed forms: stops.
Source: Wiktionary — stop.
noun
- UK, dialectal
A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
Listed forms: stops.
Source: Wiktionary — stop.
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 stop.
noun
the event of something ending
noun
the act of stopping something
noun
a brief stay in the course of a journey
noun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is stop in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of stop
S(1) + T(1) + O(1) + P(3) = 6 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 stop
5 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from stop
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in stop. Showing up to 24, longest first.