world

NOUNADJECTIVE /wɜrld/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH W

world is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
W4O1R1L1D2
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does world mean?

NOUN · 8 SENSES
1

People in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest.

“the Western world”

SYNONYMS
2

People in general considered as a whole.

BROADER
NARROWER
3

All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you.

“his world was shattered”

“we live in different worlds”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
4

The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on.

“he sailed around the world”

SYNONYMS
5

The concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife.

“they consider the church to be independent of the world”

BROADER
RELATED
7

All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.

“all the world loves a lover”

8

A part of the earth that can be considered separately.

“the outdoor world”

“the world of insects”

BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.

“a world crisis”

“of worldwide significance”