strength: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 12 letter points · starts with S · ends with H
Meaning of strength
noun
- countable, uncountable
The quality or degree of being strong.
Example: It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
- countable, uncountable
The intensity of a force or power; potency.
Example: He had the strength of ten men.
- countable, uncountable
The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
- countable, uncountable
A positive attribute.
Example: to play to one's strengths
Listed forms: strengths.
Source: Wiktionary — strength.
verb
- obsolete
To strengthen (all senses).
Listed forms: strengths, strengthing, strengthed.
Source: Wiktionary — strength.
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 strength.
noun
capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
- military capability
- military strength
- military posture
- posture
noun
physical energy or intensity
noun
an asset of special worth or utility
- forte
- strong suit
- long suit
- metier
- specialty
- speciality
- strong point
noun
the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is strength in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of strength
S(1) + T(1) + R(1) + E(1) + N(1) + G(2) + T(1) + H(4) = 12 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 strength
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from strength
80 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in strength. Showing up to 24, longest first.