world: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with W · ends with D
Meaning of world
noun
The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
Example: In retrospect, the process of economic globalization has meant the end of the world as we knew it.
The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
Example: The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.
- metonymically, with-definite-article
A majority of people.
Example: Running after God is the only life worth living. Even though the world believes that living for God is boring, we believe that there is nothing more exciting.
The Universe.
Listed forms: worlds, vurld.
Source: Wiktionary — world.
verb
- transitive
To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focusing on national or other distinctions; compare globalize.
- transitive
To make real; to make worldly.
Listed forms: worlds, worlding, worlded, vurld.
Source: Wiktionary — world.
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 world.
adjective
involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
noun
everything that exists anywhere
noun
people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
noun
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is world in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of world
W(4) + O(1) + R(1) + L(1) + D(2) = 9 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 world
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 world
17 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in world. Showing up to 24, longest first.