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Term: west

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "west": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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west

Definitions

Noun

  1. The countries of (originally) europe and (now including) north america and south america
  2. The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
  3. The region of the united states lying to the west of the mississippi river
  4. The direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point
  5. British writer (born in ireland) (1892-1983)
  6. United states film actress (1892-1980)
  7. English painter (born in america) who became the second president of the royal academy (1738-1820)
  8. A location in the western part of a country, region, or city

Adjective

  1. Situated in or facing or moving toward the west

Adverb

  1. To, toward, or in the west
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "west".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 west 1 235
2 western 2 137
3 northwest 2 25
4 westminster 3 23
5 southwest 2 16
6 newest 2 15
7 lowest 2 13
8 midwest 2 11
9 weston 2 8
10 westward 2 8
11 midwestern 3 6
12 westfield 2 6
13 westerly 3 5
14 northwestern 3 4
15 westchester 3 4
16 west's 1 3
17 westinghouse 3 3
18 slowest 2 2
19 southwestern 3 2
20 westbrook 2 2
21 westerner 3 2
22 westphalia 4 2
23 westport 2 2
24 midwesterners 4 1
25 westerners 3 1
26 westhampton 3 1
27 westwards 2 1
28 westwood 2 1
29 addwest 2 0
30 awestruck 2 0
31 best-western 3 0
32 canwest 2 0
33 eastern-west 3 0
34 farwest 2 0
35 fewest 2 0
36 intrawest 3 0
37 key_west 2 0
38 midwest's 2 0
39 midwesterner 4 0
40 narrowest 3 0
41 natwest 2 0
42 natwest's 2 0
43 northwest's 2 0
44 northwesterly 4 0
45 northwestern's 3 0
46 norwest 2 0
47 norwest's 2 0
48 penwest 2 0
49 rawest 2 0
50 skywest 2 0
51 southwest's 2 0
52 stateswest 2 0
53 telewest 3 0
54 transwestern 3 0
55 westair 2 0
56 westall 2 0
57 westall's 2 0
58 westamerica 5 0
59 westamerica's 5 0
60 westar 2 0
61 westbay 2 0
62 westberg 2 0
63 westberry 3 0
64 westboro 3 0
65 westborough 3 0
66 westbound 2 0
67 westbridge 2 0
68 westbrooks 2 0
69 westburne 2 0
70 westbury 3 0
71 westby 2 0
72 westcap 2 0
73 westchester's 3 0
74 westcoast 2 0
75 westcoast's 2 0
76 westcorp 2 0
77 westcott 2 0
78 westdeutsche 2 0
79 westech 2 0
80 westen 2 0
81 westenberger 4 0
82 westendorf 3 0
83 wester 2 0
84 westerbeck 3 0
85 westerberg 3 0
86 westerdam 3 0
87 westerdam's 3 0
88 westerfeld 3 0
89 westerfield 3 0
90 westergaard 3 0
91 westergard 3 0
92 westergren 3 0
93 westerhoff 3 0
94 westerhold 3 0
95 westerlies 3 0
96 westerlund 3 0
97 westerman 3 0
98 westermann 3 0
99 westermeyer 4 0
100 western's 2 0
101 westernization 5 0
102 westernize 3 0
103 westernized 3 0
104 westernmost 3 0
105 westerns 2 0
106 westervelt 3 0
107 westfaelisches 4 0
108 westfahl 2 0
109 westfall 2 0
110 westfed 2 0
111 westford 2 0
112 westgate 2 0
113 westheimer 3 0
114 westhoff 2 0
115 westin 2 0
116 westinghouse's 4 0
117 westlake 2 0
118 westland 2 0
119 westleigh 2 0
120 westley 2 0
121 westling 2 0
122 westlund 2 0
123 westman 2 0
124 westmarc 2 0
125 westmark 2 0
126 westmark's 2 0
127 westmin 2 0
128 westmoreland 3 0
129 westover 3 0
130 westpac 2 0
131 westpac's 2 0
132 westphal 2 0
133 westphalen 3 0
134 westpride 2 0
135 westra 2 0
136 westrich 2 0
137 westrick 2 0
138 westridge 2 0
139 westrom 2 0
140 westrum 2 0
141 westrup 2 0
142 westside 2 0
143 westtech 2 0
144 westtech's 2 0
145 westvaco 3 0
146 westward-faring 4 0
147 westwood's 2 0
148 westworld 2 0
149 yellowest 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "west".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 waste 1 35
2 worst 1 34
3 twist 1 18
4 quest 1 16
5 waist 1 11
6 quast 1 0
7 quist 1 0
8 weast 1 0
9 werst 1 0
10 wist 1 0
11 woeste 1 0
12 wurst 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "west".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 wet 1 53
2 weston 2 8
3 est 1 3
4 widest 2 3
5 wrest 1 1
6 wes 1 1
7 wisest 2 1
8 wuest 2 0
9 wiest 2 0
10 wesat 2 0
11 werst 1 0
12 weist 2 0
13 weast 1 0
14 woeste 1 0
15 westra 2 0
16 westin 2 0
17 wester 2 0
18 westen 2 0
19 westby 2 0
20 westar 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "west" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 west campus 2 18
2 west of 1 10
3 west africa 3 4
4 west and 1 3
5 west prussia 2 3
6 west as 1 2
7 west coast 1 2
8 west were 1 2
9 west in 1 2
10 west bank 1 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "west" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the west 1 39
2 and west 1 7
3 on west 1 5
4 of west 1 5
5 in west 1 4
6 from west 1 2
7 work west 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "west" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 work 1 4
2 prisoners 3 2
3 belarus 3 2
4 born 1 2
5 controversial 4 2
6 dialects 3 2
7 port 1 2
8 east 1 2
9 west 1 2
10 construction 3 2
11 architecture 4 2
12 used 1 2
13 heart 1 2
14 away 2 2
15 divisions 3 2
16 university's 5 2
17 situated 4 2
18 north 1 2
19 reside 2 2
20 live 1 2
21 including 3 2
22 within 2 2
23 peninsula 4 2
24 known 1 2
25 trade 1 2
26 liverpool 3 2
27 revolution 4 2
28 developments 4 2
29 town 1 2
30 street 1 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "west".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 west's 1 3
2 wist 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 10

Fragments: 149

Sound Alikes: 12

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 10

Words that Precede: 7

Statistically Associated: 30

Consonant Matches: 2

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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