trap: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with T · ends with P
Meaning of trap
noun
- countable, uncountable
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
Example: I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
- countable, uncountable
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
Example: Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
Example: trap street
- countable, derogatory, informal, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable, usually
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
Listed forms: traps.
Source: Wiktionary — trap.
verb
- transitive
To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
Example: to trap foxes
- transitive
To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
Example: Be careful not to trap your finger in the door.
- transitive
To provide with a trap.
Example: to trap a drain
- intransitive
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
Example: trap for beaver
Listed forms: traps, trapping, trapped.
Source: Wiktionary — trap.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A dark coloured igneous rock; (now usually) any nongranitic igneous rock.
Listed forms: traps.
Source: Wiktionary — trap.
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 trap.
noun
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
noun
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
noun
informal terms for the mouth
noun
a hazard on a golf course
- bunker
- sand trap
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is trap in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of trap
T(1) + R(1) + A(1) + P(3) = 6 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 trap
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from trap
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in trap. Showing up to 24, longest first.