WATER
What does "WATER" mean?
The clear, colorless liquid (H2O) that forms rain, rivers, seas, and most of living things.
Meanings
- The transparent, odorless liquid that falls as rain and fills oceans, rivers, and lakes. She poured a glass of cold water.
- To pour or sprinkle water on plants or land. Remember to water the tomatoes before it gets hot.
- To produce tears or saliva. The smoke made my eyes water.
Did you know?
- Water breaks a rule almost every other substance follows: its solid form is lighter than its liquid form, which is why ice floats - and why lakes freeze from the top down instead of solid through, letting fish survive winter.
"Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water; and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it."— Lao Tzu
Word origin
From Old English 'wæter', from a Proto-Germanic root shared with German 'Wasser' and Dutch 'water', ultimately from the same Indo-European source as Greek 'hydor'.
Remember it
WATER hides 'ATE' in the middle - and water is something every living thing has to take in, like food.
A little poem
It takes any shape -
cup, river, cloud, or the eye -
and wears the stone down.
haiku
Wordplay
- What did one raindrop say to the other? Two's company - but the whole cloud's a crowd.
What it teaches
Water wins by yielding: it never argues with the rock, it just outlasts it.
Quick facts
What does WATER mean?
The clear, colorless liquid (H2O) that forms rain, rivers, seas, and most of living things.
Is WATER a valid word?
Yes — WATER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WATER?
WATER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does WATER come from?
From Old English 'wæter', from a Proto-Germanic root shared with German 'Wasser' and Dutch 'water', ultimately from the same Indo-European source as Greek 'hydor'.
What can WATER teach us?
Water wins by yielding: it never argues with the rock, it just outlasts it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.