GEAR — 4 letter word
gear
The word gear has 4 letters: G, E, A, R. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Gear has 4 anagrams: gare, ager, areg, rage. As a noun, it means "a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion".
4 letter word "gear": G E A R — noun
Scrabble score: 5 Words With Friends: 6
Letter Analysis of gear
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of gear
noun
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion Synonyms: gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. Synonyms: appurtenance
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) Synonyms: gear mechanism
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed "The fool got their tie caught in the geartrain." Synonyms: gearing, geartrain, power train, train
verb
- set the level or character of Synonyms: pitch