Scrabble & Words with friends points
- land is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
- land is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
- land is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of land
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) (noun)
Examples
- the land had never been plowed
Synonyms
- ground
- soil
- the territory occupied by a nation (noun)
Examples
- he returned to the land of his birth
Synonyms
- country
- state
- a politically organized body of people under a single government (noun)
Examples
- an industrialized land
Synonyms
- body politic
- commonwealth
- country
- nation
- res publica
- state
- United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) (noun)
Synonyms
- din land
- edwin herbert land
- extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use (noun)
Examples
- the family owned a large estate on Long Island
Synonyms
- acres
- demesne
- estate
- landed estate
- reach or come to rest (verb)
Examples
- The bird landed on the highest branch
- The plane landed in Istanbul
Synonyms
- set down
- bring into a different state (verb)
Examples
- this may land you in jail
Synonyms
- bring
- the people who live in a nation or country (noun)
Synonyms
- country
- nation
- arrive on shore (verb)
Examples
- The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
Synonyms
- set ashore
- shore
- cause to come to the ground (verb)
Examples
- the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
Synonyms
- bring down
- put down
- agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life (noun)
Examples
- there's no work on the land any more
Synonyms
- farming
- the solid part of the earth's surface (noun)
Examples
- the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
Synonyms
- dry land
- earth
- ground
- solid ground
- terra firma
- shoot at and force to come down (verb)
Examples
- the enemy landed several of our aircraft
Synonyms
- down
- shoot down
- territory over which rule or control is exercised (noun)
Examples
- he made it the law of the land
Synonyms
- demesne
- domain
- a domain in which something is dominant (noun)
Examples
- a land of make-believe
Synonyms
- kingdom
- realm
- bring ashore (verb)
Examples
- The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
- deliver (a blow) (verb)
Examples
- He landed several blows on his opponent's head
- the land on which real estate is located (noun)
Examples
- he built the house on land leased from the city
See definition of land in Merriam Webster