Works

/wɜːks/

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

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters

Definition of Works

noun

(heading) Employment.
(heading) Effort.
Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
"We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags."
(heading) Product; the result of effort.
The staging of events to appear as real.

verb

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
"He’s working in a bar."
To effect by gradual degrees.
"he worked his way through the crowd"
To embroider with thread.
To set into action.
"He worked the levers."
To cause to ferment.

noun

A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
"A stray wrench can really gum up the works."
A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
"The steel works almost fills the valley."
(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
"I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works."
(with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

Anagrams of Works

Words You Can Make

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

4-LETTER WORDS

kors rows woks work

3-LETTER WORDS

kor kos ors row sow wok wos

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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