What does WORLD mean?

Pronunciation
/wɜrld/
Letters
5
Scrabble score
9
Words With Friends score
10
How common
Very common

Meaning

noun

  1. everything that exists anywhere“they study the evolution of the universe”
  2. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest“the Western world”
  3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you“his world was shattered”
  4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on“the Earth moves around the sun”
  5. people in general considered as a whole“he is a hero in the eyes of the public”
  6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately“the outdoor world”
  7. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife“they consider the church to be independent of the world”
  8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth“all the world loves a lover”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

worlds10

Anagrams of WORLD

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside WORLD

17 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

lord5 wold8word8 dol4dor4dow7low6 old4 owl6 rod4 row6 do3 lo2od3or2ow5wo5

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Questions

Is WORLD a valid word in word games?

WORLD is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is WORLD worth?

WORLD is worth 9 points with Scrabble letter values and 10 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from WORLD?

17 other words, including OR, DO, OLD and LOW.