end

NOUNVERB /ɛnd/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH E

end is a valid 3-letter word worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
E1N1D2
1 + 1 + 2 =4 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 8TRIPLE WORD → 12
MEANING

What does end mean?

NOUN · 14 SENSES
1

A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.

NARROWER
2

Either extremity of something that has length.

“the end of the pier”

“she knotted the end of the thread”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
3

A boundary marking the extremities of something.

“the end of town”

4

A final part or section.

“we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus”

“Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end”

5

(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage.

“no one wanted to play end”

BROADER
6

(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage.

“the end managed to hold onto the pass”

BROADER
7

One of two places from which people are communicating to each other.

“the phone rang at the other end”

“both ends wrote at the same time”

8

The part you are expected to play.

“he held up his end”

9

The surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object.

“one end of the box was marked `This side up'”

BROADER
10

The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.

“the ends justify the means”

SYNONYMS
12

The point in time at which something ends.

“the end of the year”

“the ending of warranty period”

SYNONYMS
13

The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence.

“the end was exciting”

SYNONYMS
14

A final state.

“he came to a bad end”

“the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end”

BROADER
VERB · 4 SENSES
1

Put an end to.

“The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived”

RELATED
2

Bring to an end or halt.

“She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
RELATED
3

Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.

“This sad scene ended the movie”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
4

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.

“My property ends by the bushes”

“The symphony ends in a pianissimo”

ANTONYMS
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