anniversary: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 17 letter points · starts with A · ends with Y
Meaning of anniversary
noun
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
Example: Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
- especially
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years. Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
Example: We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
- broadly
A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
Listed forms: anniversaries.
Source: Wiktionary — anniversary.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
- day of remembrance
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is anniversary in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of anniversary
A(1) + N(1) + N(1) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + S(1) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 17 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 anniversary
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from anniversary
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