strange: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of strange
adj
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
Example: He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
Example: I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
- slang
Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- particle
Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
Listed forms: stranger, strangest.
Source: Wiktionary — strange.
verb
- obsolete, transitive
To alienate; to estrange.
- intransitive, obsolete
To be estranged or alienated.
- intransitive, obsolete
To wonder; to be astonished at (something).
Listed forms: stranges, stranging, stranged.
Source: Wiktionary — strange.
noun
- slang, uncountable
Sex outside of one's current relationship.
- countable, particle
A strange quark.
Listed forms: stranges.
Source: Wiktionary — strange.
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 strange.
adjective
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
adjective
not known before
adjective
relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is strange in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of strange
S(1) + T(1) + R(1) + A(1) + N(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 8 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 strange
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from strange
178 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in strange. Showing up to 24, longest first.