Steel

/stiːl/

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

Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:6 pts5 letters

Definition of Steel

noun

An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
Varieties of this metal.
(colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.

verb

To edge, cover, or point with steel.
To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
(of mirrors) To back with steel.
To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
To press with a flat iron.

adjective

Made of steel.
Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
Containing steel.
Engraved on steel.

Anagrams of Steel

Exact Anagrams

5 words using all 5 letters:

leets sleet stele teels teles

Words You Can Make

26 words can be made from the letters in "steel":

5-LETTER WORDS

leets sleet stele teels teles

4-LETTER WORDS

eels else lees leet lest lets seel teel tees tele tels

3-LETTER WORDS

eel els lee les let see sel set tee tel

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+aelates stelae teasel

+celects select

+ielites listee

Related Word Patterns

ST...Words starting with "st"...ELWords ending with "el"All 5-letter words Unscramble "steel"

Rhyming Words

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