watch: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 13 letter points · starts with W · ends with H
Meaning of watch
noun
A portable or wearable timepiece.
Example: More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
Example: The second watch of the night began at midnight.
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
Listed forms: watches.
Source: Wiktionary — watch.
verb
- ambitransitive
To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
Example: Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
- transitive
To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
Example: Watch this!
- transitive
To mind, attend, or guard.
Example: Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
- transitive
To be wary or cautious of.
Example: You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
Listed forms: watches, watching, watched, glossary, watchest.
Source: Wiktionary — watch.
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 watch.
noun
a small portable timepiece
noun
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
noun
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
noun
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is watch in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of watch
W(4) + A(1) + T(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 13 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 watch
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 watch
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