HEAD — 4 letter word
head
The word head has 4 letters: H, E, A, D. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Head has 3 anagrams: hade, haed, ahed. As a noun, it means "the front of a military formation or procession".
4 letter word "head": H E A D — noun
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of head
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of head
noun
- the front of a military formation or procession "the head of the column advanced boldly"
- the source of water from which a stream arises "We tracked them back toward the head of the stream." Synonyms: fountainhead, headspring
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer Synonyms: forefront
- the top of something "the head of the stairs"
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container "the beer had a large head of foam"
- a rounded compact mass "the head of a comet"
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) Synonyms: foreland, promontory, headland
- a user of usually soft drugs "The office was full of secret heads."
- a person who is in charge "the head of the whole operation" Synonyms: chief, top dog
- an individual person "tickets are $5 per head"
- the educator who has executive authority for a school Synonyms: principal, school principal, head teacher
- the pressure exerted by a fluid "a head of steam"
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage "a head of cauliflower" Synonyms: capitulum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head "I am two heads taller than my siblings."
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- oral stimulation of the genitals "They lamented their sexless lives and talked about their fantasies of receiving head." Synonyms: oral sex
- a single domestic animal "200 head of cattle"
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum Synonyms: drumhead
- a projection out from one end "the head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin"
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- the striking part of a tool "the head of the hammer"
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head "call heads or tails!"
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk Synonyms: read/write head
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals Synonyms: caput
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint "the head of the humerus"
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings Synonyms: brain, psyche, nous, mind
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent Synonyms: head word
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" Synonyms: header
- the subject matter at issue Synonyms: question
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer Synonyms: point
- forward movement "the ship made little headway against the gale" Synonyms: headway
- a difficult juncture Synonyms: pass
verb
- remove the head of "head the fish"
- direct the course Synonyms: maneuver
- to go or travel towards "Where are we heading?"
- travel in front of Synonyms: lead
- be in charge of "Who is heading this project?" Synonyms: direct, lead
- form a head or come or grow to a head "The wheat headed early this year"
- be in the front of or on top of "The list was headed by the name of the president"
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel "This student heads the class" Synonyms: head up
- take its rise "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"