Costs

/ˈkɑsts/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters

Definition of Costs

verb

To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
"It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world."
To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
"Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives."
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
To calculate or estimate a price.
"I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand."

noun

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
"The average cost of a new house is twice as much as it was 20 years ago."
A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
"Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health."

noun

Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.

noun

A rib; a side.
A cottise.

Anagrams of Costs

Exact Anagrams

1 word using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

11 words can be made from the letters in "costs":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

coss cost cots scot sots toss

3-LETTER WORDS

cos cot sos sot

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "costs" and rearranging:

+aascots coasts

+ecestos cosets cosset escots

+ucustos scouts

Related Word Patterns

CO...Words starting with "co"...TSWords ending with "ts"All 5-letter words Unscramble "costs"

Rhyming Words

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