worker: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with W · ends with R
Meaning of worker
noun
One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
Example: This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.
- rare
A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
Listed forms: workers.
Source: Wiktionary — worker.
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 worker.
noun
a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
noun
a person who acts and gets things 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 worker in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of worker
W(4) + O(1) + R(1) + K(5) + E(1) + R(1) = 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 worker
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from worker
21 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in worker. Showing up to 24, longest first.