wow: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 9 letter points · starts with W · ends with W
Meaning of wow
intj
An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
Example: Wow, I sure was surprised!
An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.
Example: Wow! How do they do that?
Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
Example: Wow… good job using all of our supplies on the first day.
Source: Wiktionary — wow.
verb
- informal, transitive
To amaze or awe.
Example: He really wowed the audience.
- dialectal, intransitive
To wail; to cry mournfully. Of a cat, to mew.
- dialectal, intransitive
To wail; to cry mournfully. Of a dog, to howl.
Listed forms: wows, wowing, wowed.
Source: Wiktionary — wow.
noun
- informal
Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc.
- informal
An utterance of "wow".
Listed forms: wows.
Source: Wiktionary — wow.
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 wow.
noun
a joke that seems extremely funny
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wow in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of wow
W(4) + O(1) + W(4) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of wow
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from wow
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