letter

letter is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
2. noun. One who retards or hinders.
3. noun. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language.
4. noun. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.
5. noun. A writing; an inscription.
6. noun. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.
7. noun. A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
8. noun. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
9. noun. A letter; an epistle.
10. transitive verb. To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.
11. noun. a written message addressed to a person or organization

    "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

    Synonyms: missive

12. noun. an award earned by participation in a school sport

    "he won letters in three sports"

13. noun. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech

    "his grandmother taught him his letters"

14. noun. a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)

    "he followed instructions to the letter"

    "he obeyed the letter of the law"

15. noun. owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
16. verb. mark letters on or mark with letters
17. verb. set down or print with letters
18. verb. win an athletic letter

Synonyms

missive

Common word forms

letters, lettered, letterer, lettering, letterless

Words from these letters

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