RUN — 3 letter word
run
The word run has 3 letters: R, U, N. It contains 1 vowel and 2 consonants. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Run has 2 anagrams: urn, nur. As a verb, it means "be affected by".
3 letter word "run": R U N — verb
Scrabble score: 3 Words With Friends score: 5
Letter analysis of run
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 2 consonants, 3 unique letters
Definition of run
verb
- be affected by
- have a particular form "the story or argument runs as follows" Synonyms: go
- change or be different within limits Synonyms: range
- become undone Synonyms: unravel
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging "My nylons were running." Synonyms: ladder
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating Synonyms: melt, melt down
- cause to perform "run a subject"
- progress by being changed Synonyms: move
- change from one state to another "run amok"
- compete in a race "I am running a marathon this year." Synonyms: race
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position "Who's running for treasurer this year?" Synonyms: campaign
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) Synonyms: hunt, hunt down, track down
- pass over, across, or through Synonyms: pass
- perform as expected when applied Synonyms: go, work, function, operate
- be operating, running or functioning "The car is still running--turn it off!"
- carry out "run an errand" Synonyms: take
- cause to emit recorded audio or video Synonyms: play
- include as the content Synonyms: carry
- travel a route regularly Synonyms: ply
- cover by running "run a certain distance"
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball
- keep company "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" Synonyms: consort
- sail before the wind
- be diffused "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" Synonyms: bleed
- move along, of liquids Synonyms: course, flow, feed
- flee Synonyms: escape
- cause an animal to move fast "run the dogs"
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way "who are these people running around in the building?"
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor Synonyms: black market
- set animals loose to graze
- direct or control Synonyms: operate
- make without a miss
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine Synonyms: execute
- occur persistently "Musical talent runs in the family"
- continue to exist Synonyms: persist, endure, prevail, die hard
- extend or continue for a certain period of time "The film runs 5 hours" Synonyms: run for
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope "run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point" Synonyms: pass
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere Synonyms: lead
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something Synonyms: lean, incline, tend, be given
noun
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th" Synonyms: tally
- the act of running Synonyms: running
- a regular trip "the ship made its run in record time"
- a short trip "take a run into town"
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team "the defensive line braced to stop the run" Synonyms: running, running play, running game
- the act of testing something Synonyms: test, trial
- an unbroken chronological sequence "the play had a long run on Broadway"
- the pouring forth of a fluid Synonyms: discharge
- a row of unravelled stitches "I got a run in my stocking." Synonyms: ladder, ravel
- a race run on foot "I broke the record for the half-mile run." Synonyms: footrace, foot race
- a race between candidates for elective office Synonyms: campaign, political campaign
- an unbroken series of events Synonyms: streak
- a small stream Synonyms: rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.) "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"
- unrestricted freedom to use "The rabbits have the run of the house."
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run"