trash: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with T · ends with H
Meaning of trash
noun
- Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- Canada, US, countable, metonymically, uncountable
A container into which things are discarded.
- Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Something worthless or of poor quality.
Example: When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.
- Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Media, such as movies and novels, that are entertaining but unsophisticated, crass or aimed at the lowest common denominator.
Example: My guilty pleasure is 80s horror trash.
Listed forms: trashes.
Source: Wiktionary — trash.
verb
- US
To discard.
- US
To make into a mess.
Example: The burglars trashed the house.
- US
To beat soundly in a game.
- transitive
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or disrespect.
Listed forms: trashes, trashing, trashed.
Source: Wiktionary — trash.
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 trash.
noun
worthless material that is to be disposed of
noun
worthless people
noun
nonsensical talk or writing
noun
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- methamphetamine
- methamphetamine hydrochloride
- Methedrine
- meth
- deoxyephedrine
- chalk
- chicken feed
- crank
- glass
- ice
- shabu
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is trash in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of trash
T(1) + R(1) + A(1) + S(1) + H(4) = 8 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 trash
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from trash
28 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in trash. Showing up to 24, longest first.