walk: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with K
Meaning of walk
verb
- intransitive
To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
Example: To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
- colloquial, intransitive
To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
Example: If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
- colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive
Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
Example: If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
- intransitive
To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believes he is out.
Listed forms: walks, walking, walked, glossary, walkest.
Source: Wiktionary — walk.
noun
A trip made by walking.
Example: I take a walk every morning.
A distance walked.
Example: It’s a long walk from my house to the library.
An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
Example: The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year.
Listed forms: walks.
Source: Wiktionary — walk.
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 walk.
noun
the act of traveling by foot
noun
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- base on balls
- pass
noun
manner of walking
- manner of walking
noun
a path set aside for walking
- walkway
- paseo
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is walk in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of walk
W(4) + A(1) + L(1) + K(5) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of walk
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from walk
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