height
The distance from the base to the top of something.
Noun 4 meanings
The distance from the base to the top of something.
The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
“We flew at a height of 15 000 meters.”
A high point.
A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.
Etymology
From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
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HEIGHT at a glance
HEIGHT has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,775 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with height
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- WEIGHT13
- KEIGHT14
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