tour: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with T · ends with R
Meaning of tour
noun
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
Example: On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
Example: On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
Example: Metallica's tour of Europe
A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
Listed forms: tours.
Source: Wiktionary — tour.
verb
- intransitive
To make a journey.
Example: The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
- transitive
To make a circuit of a place.
Example: The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
Listed forms: tours, touring, toured.
Source: Wiktionary — tour.
noun
- dated
A tower.
Listed forms: tours.
Source: Wiktionary — tour.
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 tour.
noun
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
noun
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
noun
a period of time spent in military service
- enlistment
- hitch
- term of enlistment
- tour of duty
- duty tour
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tour in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tour
T(1) + O(1) + U(1) + R(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 tour
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from tour
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tour. Showing up to 24, longest first.