wheel: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with L
Meaning of wheel
noun
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- informal, with-definite-article
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
Example: He fell asleep at the wheel.
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. A spinning wheel.
Listed forms: wheels.
Source: Wiktionary — wheel.
verb
- transitive
To roll along on wheels.
Example: Wheel that trolley over here, would you?
- transitive
To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
Example: The patient was wheeled out of the ER.
- intransitive
To make a circular movement.
Example: My arms wheeled frantically in the air as I tried to signal for help.
- intransitive
To move smoothly and easily, as if on wheels.
Example: I wheeled through the gathering, making all my appointed stops.
Listed forms: wheels, wheeling, wheeled.
Source: Wiktionary — wheel.
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 wheel.
noun
a handwheel that is used for steering
- steering wheel
noun
game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- roulette wheel
noun
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
noun
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wheel in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of wheel
W(4) + H(4) + E(1) + E(1) + L(1) = 11 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 wheel
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 wheel
13 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wheel. Showing up to 24, longest first.