waste: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with W · ends with E
Meaning of waste
noun
- countable, uncountable
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- countable, uncountable
Excrement or urine.
Example: The cage was littered with animal waste.
- countable, uncountable
A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- countable, uncountable
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
Listed forms: wastes.
Source: Wiktionary — waste.
adj
- derogatory, slang
Useless and contemptible.
Source: Wiktionary — waste.
adj
Barren; desert; empty.
Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
Superfluous; needless.
Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
Source: Wiktionary — waste.
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 waste.
adjective
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
noun
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- waste material
- waste matter
- waste product
noun
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
noun
the trait of wasting resources
- thriftlessness
- wastefulness
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is waste in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of waste
W(4) + A(1) + S(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 8 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 waste
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from waste
41 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in waste. Showing up to 24, longest first.