work: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 11 letter points · starts with W · ends with K
Meaning of work
noun
- countable, uncountable
Employment. Labour, occupation, job.
Example: My work involves a lot of travel.
- countable, uncountable
Employment. The place where one is employed.
Example: He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
Employment. One's employer.
Example: I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off.
- countable, uncountable
Effort. Effort expended on a particular task.
Example: Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
Listed forms: works, werke, worke, wuhk, wuk, werk, werq.
Source: Wiktionary — work.
verb
- intransitive
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
Example: He's working in a bar.
- intransitive
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
Example: I work in a national park.
- intransitive
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. Said of one's job title [with as].
Example: I work as a cleaner.
- intransitive
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
Example: She works for Microsoft.
Listed forms: works, working, worked, wrought, glossary.
Source: Wiktionary — work.
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 work.
noun
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- piece of work
noun
the occupation for which you are paid
noun
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
noun
a place where work is done
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is work in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of work
W(4) + O(1) + R(1) + K(5) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of work
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 work
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in work. Showing up to 24, longest first.