type: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of type
noun
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
Example: This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
- uncountable
A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block. Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
Listed forms: types.
Source: Wiktionary — type.
verb
To put text on paper using a typewriter.
To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
To determine the blood type of.
Example: The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
Listed forms: types, typing, typed.
Source: Wiktionary — type.
adv
- not-comparable, rare, slang
Very, extremely.
Source: Wiktionary — type.
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 type.
noun
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
verb
write by means of a keyboard with types
verb
identify as belonging to a certain type
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is type in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of type
T(1) + Y(4) + P(3) + E(1) = 9 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 type
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 type
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in type. Showing up to 24, longest first.