round
ROUND meaning: a circular object, a route, a crowd’s outburst, or a song sung in staggered parts; the word scores 6 Scrabble points.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of shape:
“We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.”
Complete, whole, not lacking.
“The baker sold us a round dozen.”
Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
“One hundred is a nice round number.”
Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
Noun 4 meanings
A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
A circular or repetitious route.
“hospital rounds”
A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
“The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.”
A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
Verb 4 meanings
To shape something into a curve.
“The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.”
To become shaped into a curve.
To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
“She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.”
To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
“The exact amount was $101.65, but we rounded it to $100.”
Etymology
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.
Similar and opposite words
ROUND is a familiar five-letter word with several distinct uses, from describing a circular shape to naming a group song. Its Scrabble total comes from four 1-point tiles and a D worth 2. ROUND is marked as both a Wordle answer and an allowed guess, so it belongs to both sides of that game's word list.
ROUND at a glance
- Scrabble value: 6 points, with R, O, U, and N worth 1 each and D worth 2.
- The letters in ROUND produce no anagrams.
- ROUND is marked as both a Wordle answer and an allowed guess.
- Nine one-letter neighbours include FOUND, SOUND, BOUND, POUND, and WOUND.
- Twelve rhymes include AROUND, GROUND, and PROFOUND.
What does ROUND mean?
ROUND meaning depends on context: it can name a circular or spherical object, a circular or repeated route, a burst of noise from a crowd, or a song sung in staggered parts. A ball is round in shape; a walking route can be a round; and singers can perform a round by entering at different times.
Those uses share an idea of returning or repeating, but they are not interchangeable in a sentence. A round of applause is a group outburst, while a round of a song describes its musical structure. The word also works as an adjective for shape, so check the sentence around it when a clue feels vague.
How should you use ROUND in word games?
For ROUND meaning in a word game, separate the clue from the letter task: the word scores 6 Scrabble points and is both an allowed Wordle guess and a possible answer. Its simple tile values make it easy to total, but the 2-point D supplies the only extra value.
The unusual twist is that this common word has no anagrams, despite using five familiar letters. Its nine one-letter neighbours include several recognizable options, such as FOUND and SOUND, while its twelve rhymes include AROUND and GROUND. Word lists differ by game, so check the list your game uses before challenging a play.
Rhymes with round
All rhymes- AROUND7
- FOUND9
- GROUND8
- SOUND6
- FUND8
- BACKGROUND20
- BOUND8
- POUND8
- UNDERGROUND14
- WOUND9
- COMPOUND15
- PROFOUND14
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