wild: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with W · ends with D
Meaning of wild
adj
Untamed; not domesticated. Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
Example: Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world.
Untamed; not domesticated. Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
From or relating to wild creatures.
Example: wild honey
Unrestrained or uninhibited.
Example: I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.
Listed forms: wilder, wildest, wilde, wyld.
Source: Wiktionary — wild.
adv
- not-comparable
Inaccurately; not on target.
Example: The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.
- not-comparable
Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
Example: Let's record it wild.
Listed forms: wilde, wyld.
Source: Wiktionary — wild.
noun
- singular, with-definite-article
The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
Example: After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.
- in-plural
A wilderness.
Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
Listed forms: wilds, wilde, wyld.
Source: Wiktionary — wild.
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 wild.
adjective
in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
adjective
(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
adjective
without a basis in reason or fact
adjective
talking or behaving irrationally
- raving mad
- raving
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wild 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 wild
W(4) + I(1) + L(1) + D(2) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of wild
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 wild
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wild. Showing up to 24, longest first.