Gangway

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A temporary walkway or passageway, typically of planks, used to cross muddy ground on a building site or to board a ship.

“Workers picked their way carefully along the gangway above the waterlogged trench.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

gang·way

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Synonyms

gangplankgangboardaisle

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Wordle

Starts with GANG, contains W and Y, ends with -WAY, a practical compound-style word

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Scrabble

Worth 14 points, W and Y are high-value tiles, GANG prefix is easy to build from on the board

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