total: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with T · ends with L
Meaning of total
noun
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Example: A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
- informal
Sum.
Example: The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
Listed forms: totals, totall.
Source: Wiktionary — total.
adj
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
Example: The total book is rubbish from start to finish. The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
Complete; absolute.
Example: He is a total failure.
Defined on all possible inputs.
Example: The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.
- broadly
Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
Listed forms: totall.
Source: Wiktionary — total.
verb
- transitive
To add up; to calculate the sum of.
Example: When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
To equal a total of; to amount to.
Example: That totals seven times so far.
- US, slang, transitive
To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Example: Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
- intransitive
To amount to; to add up to.
Example: It totals nearly a pound.
Listed forms: totals, totaling, totalling, totaled, totalled, totall.
Source: Wiktionary — total.
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 total.
adjective
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
adjective
complete in extent or degree and in every particular
noun
the whole amount
noun
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is total in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of total
T(1) + O(1) + T(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 5 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 total
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from total
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in total. Showing up to 24, longest first.