throat: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with T · ends with T
Meaning of throat
noun
The front part of the neck.
Example: The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
The gullet or windpipe.
Example: As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
A narrow opening in a vessel.
Example: The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
Listed forms: throats, throate, throte.
Source: Wiktionary — throat.
verb
- uncommon
To utter in or with the throat.
- informal
To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)
- UK, dialectal, obsolete
To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.
Listed forms: throats, throating, throated, throate, throte.
Source: Wiktionary — throat.
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 passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is throat in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of throat
T(1) + H(4) + R(1) + O(1) + A(1) + T(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of throat
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from throat
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