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CLOSE meaning: an end or conclusion; the five-letter word scores 7 Scrabble points and is both a Wordle answer and an allowed guess.
Verb 4 meanings
To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
“Close the door behind you when you leave.”
To finish.
“The committee chairman made a few concluding remarks and then closed the session.”
To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
“We are closing the phone lines at 9 pm.”
To come or gather around; to enclose.
Noun 4 meanings
An end or conclusion.
“We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.”
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
A grapple in wrestling.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
“Is your house close?”
Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
“a close alley; close quarters; close confines”
Rigorous, careful, etc.
“The patient was kept under close observation.”
Short.
“to cut grass or hair close”
Adverb 1 meaning
In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
“The car behind was following too close and could not brake in time.”
Etymology
From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.
Similar and opposite words
CLOSE is a common English word, ranked 407th in the frequency list with a count of 166,677. Its familiar spelling hides a compact word-game profile: one 3-point C, four 1-point tiles, two anagrams, and seven one-letter neighbours. The word also appears as both an accepted Wordle answer and an allowed guess, so it fits more than one kind of puzzle.
CLOSE at a glance
- CLOSE has five letters and a 7-point Scrabble tile total before board premiums.
- C is worth 3 points; L, O, S, and E each add 1 point.
- COLES and SOCLE are the two anagrams made from the same five letters.
- CHОSE, CLONE, and CLOZE are among the seven one-letter neighbours.
What does CLOSE mean?
CLOSE can mean an end or conclusion: the close of a meeting is its final part. It also names the act or manner of shutting, or a junction where parts meet. Those senses connect the word to finishing and bringing things together.
The word has two more specialized senses: the moment a salesperson asks for a purchase, and a grapple in wrestling. In everyday use, context usually separates the familiar idea of finishing from these narrower meanings. CLOSE is common, but its exact sense depends on the sentence.
How many points does CLOSE score?
CLOSE scores 7 points from its tiles: C contributes 3, while L, O, S, and E contribute 1 each. That makes the C the key tile in the rack, though a premium square can change the play’s final score. Count the tile values first, then apply any board bonuses.
COLES and SOCLE are the two anagrams; both use every letter in CLOSE once, but neither is as immediately familiar. The seven one-letter neighbours include CHOSE, CLONE, and CLOZE, while the rhyme list contains 12 words, including THOSE, LOSE, and CHOOSE. Check your game’s word list before relying on a less familiar alternative.
Rhymes with close
All rhymesOne letter away
- CHOSE10
- CLONE7
- CLOVE10
- CLOKE11
- CLOZE16
- CLOTE7
- CLOYE10
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