than: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with T · ends with N
Meaning of than
conj
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
Example: she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; We had no (other) choice than to return home; I love you more than (what) she does, but less than he, or than I do your sisters.
- dialectal, obsolete, usually
Because; for.
Listed forms: thanne, then.
Source: Wiktionary — than.
prep
Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
Example: Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.
Listed forms: thanne, then.
Source: Wiktionary — than.
adv
- not-comparable
At that time; then.
Listed forms: thanne, then.
Source: Wiktionary — than.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is than in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of than
T(1) + H(4) + A(1) + N(1) = 7 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 than
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from than
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in than. Showing up to 24, longest first.