1 | noun | a unit of language that native speakers can identify 2 | noun | a brief statement 3 | noun | information about recent and important events 4 | noun | a verbal command for action 5 | noun | an exchange of views on some topic 6 | noun | a promise 7 | noun | a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory 8 | noun | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group 9 | verb | put into words or an expression (9 meanings)

w'erd (IPA: wˈɝd)

word (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

1553 (European Renaissance) (473 years ago)

Old English | | Latin

written: 479th most common (1 in 5236 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 373rd most common (1 in 4673 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

words | worded | wording

intelligence | news | tidings | discussion | give-and-take | parole | word of honor | countersign | password | watchword | articulate | formulate | give voice | phrase (total: 14)

anagram | anaphor | antonym | back-formation | catchword | charade | classifier | closed-class word | cognate | cognate word | coinage | content word | contraction | deictic | deictic word | ... (total: 118)

language unit | linguistic unit | statement | info | information | order | language | oral communication | speech | speech communication | spoken communication | spoken language | voice communication | promise | computer memory unit | ... (total: 21)

absurd | bird | blurred | chauffeured | concurred | conferred | curd | deferred | demurred | deterred | gird | heard | herd | incurred | inferred | ... (total: 30) (based on typical American pronunciation)

cord | ford | Ford | lord | Lord | sword | ward | woad | wold | wood | wordy | wore | work | world | worm | worn | wort (total: 17)

(none among common words)

by word of mouth | curse word | dirty word | entry word | get word | ghost word | last word | main entry word | portmanteau word | root word | ... (total: 46)

Word (US population: 6180 people, white: 58% | black: 37%)

The Word (Irving Wallace) | The Word for World Is Forest (Ursula K. Le Guin) | The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus (Cyril Connolly)

Word of Honor | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | The Word | The N-Word | The Last Word | ... (total: 8)

word.com | Word.net | Word.org | Word.info | Word.biz (total: 5)

Basic dictionary entry | Dictionary unit | Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues | Microsoft product | News | Popular Microsoft product | Popular Microsoft software | Promise | Scrabble formation | Scrabble play (total: 10) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

8 (International English) | 8 (North American English)

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