window: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with W · ends with W
Meaning of window
noun
- countable, uncountable
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
Example: She opened the window to let some air in.
- countable, uncountable
An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- countable, uncountable
The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
Example: launch window
Listed forms: windows.
Source: Wiktionary — window.
verb
- transitive
To furnish with windows.
- transitive
To place at or in a window.
- transitive
To apply a window function to (a signal).
Listed forms: windows, windowing, windowed.
Source: Wiktionary — window.
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 window.
noun
a pane of glass in a window
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is window in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of window
W(4) + I(1) + N(1) + D(2) + O(1) + W(4) = 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 window
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 window
25 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in window. Showing up to 24, longest first.