surround: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 9 letter points · starts with S · ends with D
Meaning of surround
verb
- transitive
To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- transitive
To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
Example: The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape.
- obsolete, transitive
To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
Example: to surround the world
Listed forms: surrounds, surrounding, surrounded.
Source: Wiktionary — surround.
noun
- UK
Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
Listed forms: surrounds.
Source: Wiktionary — surround.
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 surround.
noun
the area in which something exists or lives
verb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
verb
envelop completely
verb
surround so as to force to give up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is surround in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of surround
S(1) + U(1) + R(1) + R(1) + O(1) + U(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 9 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 surround
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 surround
57 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in surround. Showing up to 24, longest first.