WASTE — 5 letter word
waste
The word waste has 5 letters: W, A, S, T, E. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Waste has 4 anagrams: wetas, sweat, tawse, twaes. As a adjective, it means "located in a dismal or remote area".
5 letter word "waste": W A S T E — adjective
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends: 8
Letter Analysis of waste
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of waste
adjective
- located in a dismal or remote area Synonyms: wild
noun
- useless or profitless activity Synonyms: wastefulness
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect Synonyms: permissive waste
- the trait of wasting resources "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste" Synonyms: wastefulness
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation Synonyms: barren
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted "they collect the waste once a week" Synonyms: waste material, waste matter, waste product
verb
- become physically weaker Synonyms: rot
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" Synonyms: desolate
- cause to grow thin or weak Synonyms: emaciate, macerate
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief Synonyms: languish, pine away
- spend extravagantly "waste not, want not" Synonyms: ware, consume, squander
- use inefficiently or inappropriately "waste heat"
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing Synonyms: knock off, neutralize, neutralise, do in, liquidate
- run off as waste "The water wastes back into the ocean" Synonyms: run off
- get rid of "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" Synonyms: throw
- spend thoughtlessly Synonyms: blow