war: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with W · ends with R
Meaning of war
noun
- uncountable
Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.
Example: holy war; just war; civil war
- countable
A particular conflict of this kind.
Example: a war of succession... a war of attrition... the Cold War... World War III...
- countable, proscribed, sometimes
Protracted armed conflict against irregular forces, particularly groups considered terrorists.
Example: the Great Emu War... the Global War on Terrorism...
- broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes
Protracted state or state-sponsored political violence against dissidents.
Example: the Dirty War...
Listed forms: wars, warr, warre.
Source: Wiktionary — war.
verb
- intransitive
To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
- transitive
To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
Listed forms: wars, warring, warred, warr, warre.
Source: Wiktionary — war.
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 war.
noun
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
noun
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
- state of war
noun
an active struggle between competing entities
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is war in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of war
W(4) + A(1) + R(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 war
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from war
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in war. Showing up to 24, longest first.