works: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 12 letter points · starts with W · ends with S
Meaning of works
noun
- form-of, plural
plural of work in its countable senses
Base or related entry: work in its countable senses.
Source: Wiktionary — works.
noun
A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
Example: The steel works almost fills the valley.
Source: Wiktionary — works.
noun
- plural, plural-only
A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
Example: Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.
- plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
Example: I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.
- plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- plural, plural-only, slang
A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
Source: Wiktionary — works.
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 works.
noun
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- plant
- industrial plant
noun
everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
- whole shebang
- whole kit and caboodle
- kit and caboodle
- whole kit and boodle
- kit and boodle
- whole kit
- whole caboodle
- whole works
- full treatment
noun
performance of moral or religious acts
noun
the internal mechanism of a device
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is works in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of works
W(4) + O(1) + R(1) + K(5) + S(1) = 12 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 works
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 works
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in works. Showing up to 24, longest first.