academy: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 15 letter points · starts with A · ends with Y
Meaning of academy
noun
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
Example: the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music; a music academy; a language academy
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
Example: the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology
Academia.
Listed forms: academies.
Source: Wiktionary — academy.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for academy.
noun
an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
- honorary society
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is academy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of academy
A(1) + C(3) + A(1) + D(2) + E(1) + M(3) + Y(4) = 15 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of academy
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from academy
47 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in academy. Showing up to 24, longest first.