weird: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with W · ends with D
Meaning of weird
adj
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
Example: There are lots of weird people in this place.
Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
Example: It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.
Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
Example: a weird story
Belonging, pertaining, or related to fate, destiny, or to the Fates; able to influence fate.
Listed forms: weirder, weirdest, wierd, weyard, weyward.
Source: Wiktionary — weird.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A prediction.
- countable, uncountable
That which comes to pass; a fact.
- colloquial, uncountable
Weirdness.
- archaic, countable, uncountable
Fate; destiny; luck.
Listed forms: weirds, wierd, weyard, weyward.
Source: Wiktionary — weird.
verb
- transitive
To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
- transitive
To warn solemnly; adjure.
Listed forms: weirds, weirding, weirded, wierd, weyard, weyward.
Source: Wiktionary — weird.
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 weird.
adjective
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is weird in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of weird
W(4) + E(1) + I(1) + R(1) + D(2) = 9 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 weird
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from weird
21 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in weird. Showing up to 24, longest first.