widespread: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 17 letter points · starts with W · ends with D
Meaning of widespread
adj
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
Example: widespread belief
- uncommon
Spread far apart.
Listed forms: widerspread, widestspread.
Source: Wiktionary — widespread.
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 widespread.
adjective
distributed over a considerable extent
- far-flung
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is widespread in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of widespread
W(4) + I(1) + D(2) + E(1) + S(1) + P(3) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + D(2) = 17 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 widespread
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 widespread
388 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in widespread. Showing up to 24, longest first.