START — 5 letter word
start
The word start has 5 letters: S, T, A, R, T. It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Start has 2 anagrams: tarts, trats. As a noun, it means "the act of starting something".
5 letter word "start": S T A R T — noun
Scrabble score: 5 Words With Friends score: 5
Letter analysis of start
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 4 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of start
noun
- the act of starting something Synonyms: beginning
- a turn to be a starter in the beginning of a game "Occasionally young players get to start games when a more experienced player is injured." Synonyms: starting
- a sudden involuntary movement "They awoke with a start." Synonyms: jump
- the advantage gained by beginning early, as in a race "With an hour's start, I will be hard to catch." Synonyms: head start
- a signal to begin (as in a race) "the starting signal was a green light" Synonyms: starting signal
- the beginning of anything "it was off to a good start"
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game Synonyms: scratch, starting line, scratch line
- the time at which something is supposed to begin "they got an early start" Synonyms: beginning
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action Synonyms: get, get down, begin, start out, set about
- set in motion, cause to start "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East" Synonyms: begin
- play in the starting lineup
- bring into being Synonyms: initiate, originate
- get off the ground "Who started this company?" Synonyms: commence, start up, embark on
- get going or set in motion "We simply could not start the engine" Synonyms: start up
- begin or set in motion "I start at eight in the morning" Synonyms: go, get going
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm "The cat started when I walked into the room." Synonyms: jump
- leave Synonyms: part, blow, take off, set off, start out
- bulge outward Synonyms: pop, bulge, protrude, come out, pop out
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job Synonyms: take up
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object Synonyms: begin
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense Synonyms: begin
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way Synonyms: begin
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