wall: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with W · ends with L
Meaning of wall
noun
A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
Example: The town wall was surrounded by a moat.
Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
Example: We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling. The wind blew against the walls of the tent.
A point of desperation.
Listed forms: walls.
Source: Wiktionary — wall.
verb
- transitive
To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
Example: He walled the study with books.
- slang
To use a wallhack.
- slang, transitive
To wallbang.
Example: I walled her. She's low [health].
Listed forms: walls, walling, walled.
Source: Wiktionary — wall.
verb
To boil.
To well, as water; spring.
Listed forms: walls, walling, walled.
Source: Wiktionary — wall.
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 wall.
noun
(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
noun
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
verb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wall in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of wall
W(4) + A(1) + L(1) + L(1) = 7 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 wall
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 wall
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wall. Showing up to 24, longest first.