bare: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of bare
adj
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
Example: a bare majority
Naked, uncovered.
Having no supplies.
Example: a room bare of furniture
Having no decoration.
Example: The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
Listed forms: barer, barest.
Source: Wiktionary — bare.
adv
- dialectal
Barely.
- Multicultural-London-English, slang
Very; significantly.
Example: That pissed me off bare.
- slang
Without a condom.
Source: Wiktionary — bare.
noun
The surface, the (bare) skin.
Surface; body; substance.
That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
Listed forms: bares.
Source: Wiktionary — bare.
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 bare.
adjective
having no clothes on the body
adjective
lacking in magnitude or quantity
adjective
not having a protective covering
adjective
just barely adequate or within a lower limit
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bare in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bare
B(3) + A(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 6 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 bare
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from bare
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bare. Showing up to 24, longest first.