summer: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with R
Meaning of summer
noun
- countable, uncountable
One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
Example: the heat of summer
- countable, humorous, poetic, uncountable
year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
Example: He was barely eighteen summers old.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
- countable
Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
Listed forms: summers, somer, sommer.
Source: Wiktionary — summer.
verb
- intransitive
To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
Listed forms: summers, summering, summered, somer, sommer.
Source: Wiktionary — summer.
noun
A horizontal beam supporting a building.
- obsolete
A pack-horse.
Listed forms: summers.
Source: Wiktionary — summer.
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
the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is summer in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of summer
S(1) + U(1) + M(3) + M(3) + E(1) + R(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of summer
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 summer
37 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in summer. Showing up to 24, longest first.