STOP — 4 letter word
stop
The word stop has 4 letters: S, T, O, P. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Stop has 5 anagrams: spot, tops, opts, post, pots. As a noun, it means "a brief stay in the course of a journey".
4 letter word "stop": S T O P — noun
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of stop
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| P | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of stop
noun
- a brief stay in the course of a journey "they made a stopover to visit their friends" Synonyms: stopover, layover
- the act of stopping something "the third baseman made some remarkable stops" Synonyms: stoppage
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube Synonyms: closure
- a restraint that checks the motion of something "They used a book as a stop to hold the door open." Synonyms: catch
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens Synonyms: diaphragm
- a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes "The organist pulled out all the stops as the fugue drew to a close."
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations "in England they call a period a stop" Synonyms: point, period, full stop, full point
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it "My stop consonants are too aspirated." Synonyms: occlusive
- the event of something ending "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" Synonyms: halt
- a spot where something halts or pauses "The next stop is Atlanta."
- the state of inactivity following an interruption Synonyms: check
verb
- prevent completion "stop the project" Synonyms: break off, discontinue
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments Synonyms: hold on
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy Synonyms: arrest
- seize on its way Synonyms: intercept
- render unsuitable for passage Synonyms: blockade
- cause to stop "stop a car" Synonyms: arrest
- come to a halt, stop moving "the car stopped" Synonyms: halt
- interrupt a trip "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house" Synonyms: stop over
- stop from happening or developing Synonyms: block
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense Synonyms: finish
- put an end to a state or an activity Synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off