weight: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with W · ends with T
Meaning of weight
noun
- countable, uncountable
The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- countable, uncountable
An object used to make something heavier.
- countable, uncountable
A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
Importance or influence.
Listed forms: weights, waight.
Source: Wiktionary — weight.
verb
- transitive
To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- transitive
To add weight to something; to make something heavier. To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- transitive
To load, burden or oppress someone.
- transitive
To assign weights to individual statistics.
Listed forms: weights, weighting, weighted, waight.
Source: Wiktionary — weight.
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 weight.
noun
sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
- free weight
- exercising weight
noun
the relative importance granted to something
noun
a system of units used to express the weight of something
- system of weights
noun
a unit used to measure weight
- weight unit
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is weight in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of weight
W(4) + E(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 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 weight
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 weight
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