sword: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with S · ends with D
Meaning of sword
noun
- countable
A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
Example: He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination. A card of this suit.
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Listed forms: swords, swerd, sweard, swoord, swoorde, sworde.
Source: Wiktionary — sword.
verb
- uncommon
To stab or cut with a sword
Listed forms: swords, swording, sworded, swerd, sweard, swoord, swoorde.
Source: Wiktionary — sword.
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
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is sword in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of sword
S(1) + W(4) + O(1) + R(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 sword
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from sword
20 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in sword. Showing up to 24, longest first.