tool: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with T · ends with L
Meaning of tool
noun
Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
Example: Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.
Any physical device meant to ease or do a task. Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
Example: the tools of the trade
Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
Example: Idleness is a tool of the devil.
A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
Example: The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.
Listed forms: tools.
Source: Wiktionary — tool.
verb
- transitive
To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- transitive
To equip with tools.
- intransitive
To work very hard.
- slang, transitive
To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
Example: Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.
Listed forms: tools, tooling, tooled.
Source: Wiktionary — tool.
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 tool.
noun
the means whereby some act is accomplished
noun
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
noun
obscene terms for penis
verb
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
- joyride
- tool around
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tool in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tool
T(1) + O(1) + O(1) + L(1) = 4 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 tool
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from tool
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tool. Showing up to 24, longest first.