tunnel: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 6 letter points · starts with T · ends with L
Meaning of tunnel
noun
An underground or underwater passage.
A passage through or under some obstacle.
A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
Listed forms: tunnels.
Source: Wiktionary — tunnel.
verb
- transitive
To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- intransitive
To dig a tunnel.
To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
- transitive
To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
Listed forms: tunnels, tunneling, tunnelling, tunneled, tunnelled.
Source: Wiktionary — tunnel.
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 tunnel.
noun
a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
verb
move through by or as by digging
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tunnel in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tunnel
T(1) + U(1) + N(1) + N(1) + E(1) + L(1) = 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 tunnel
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from tunnel
19 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tunnel. Showing up to 24, longest first.