DROP — 4 letter word
drop
The word drop has 4 letters: D, R, O, P. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Drop has 2 anagrams: dorp, prod. As a noun, it means "a central depository where things can be left or picked up".
4 letter word "drop": D R O P — noun
Scrabble score: 7 Words With Friends score: 8
Letter analysis of drop
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| P | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of drop
noun
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up "Leave the load at the normal drop."
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies "Someone should iron the drop." Synonyms: drop cloth, drop curtain
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity "There was a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index." Synonyms: fall
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity "It was a miracle that they survived the drop from that height." Synonyms: fall
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods, such as drugs or stolen property "They gave me the location and time for the drop."
- a steep high face of rock "There is a huge drop over there." Synonyms: drop-off, cliff
- a small indefinite quantity, especially of a liquid "I added a drop of milk to my tea." Synonyms: drib, driblet
- a shape that is spherical and small "I studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops." Synonyms: bead, pearl
- the act of dropping something "They expected the drop would be successful."
verb
- to give birth "The mother dropped a lamb." Synonyms: pig, farrow
- to grow worse "The quality is dropping." Synonyms: degenerate, decline, devolve, deteriorate, worsen
- to fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death "Shop until you drop."
- to stop pursuing or acting "You better drop that lawsuit or I am going to have to counter sue." Synonyms: knock off
- to lower the pitch of musical notes "We should drop this section a whole step." Synonyms: flatten
- to go down in value "Stock prices dropped." Synonyms: correct, decline, slump
- to leave undone or leave out "We dropped some tasks to finish the most important things on time." Synonyms: neglect, miss, overlook, pretermit, omit
- to omit a letter or syllable in speaking or writing "New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's."
- to utter with seeming casualness "I tried to drop a hint, but they didn't get it."
- to lose a game "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13."
- to take a drug, especially LSD, by mouth "I dropped acid when I was a teenager."
- to cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow "I dropped my opponent in one punch." Synonyms: fell, cut down, strike down
- to leave or unload "I dropped off the load at the depo." Synonyms: discharge
- to get rid of, remove "We had to drop them." Synonyms: throw
- to let or cause to fall in drops "I dropped the medicine on the patient's eye." Synonyms: dribble, drip
- to fall vertically "The bombs are dropping on enemy targets."
- to let something fall uncontrolled to the ground, typically impacting the ground "Don't drop the dishes."
- to fall or descend to a lower place or level without impact "We dropped down 100 feet." Synonyms: sink, drop down
- to pay out, or spend "We dropped a lot of money last weekend." Synonyms: expend, spend
- to terminate an association with "Drop them from the Republican ticket."
- to hang freely "The bucket dropped from the wire." Synonyms: swing, suspend, dangle