body: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with B · ends with Y
Meaning of body
noun
- countable
Physical frame. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
Example: I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
- countable, uncountable
Physical frame. The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
Example: The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
- countable
Physical frame. A corpse.
Example: Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.
- countable, slang, uncountable
Physical frame. A corpse. A murder.
Example: His gun had two bodies on it.
Listed forms: bodies, bodie.
Source: Wiktionary — body.
verb
- often, transitive
To give body or shape to something.
To construct the bodywork of a car.
- transitive
To embody.
- slang, transitive
To murder someone.
Listed forms: bodies, bodying, bodied, bodie.
Source: Wiktionary — body.
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 body.
noun
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- organic structure
noun
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- dead body
noun
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
noun
the property of holding together and retaining its shape
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is body in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of body
B(3) + O(1) + D(2) + Y(4) = 10 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 body
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 body
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in body. Showing up to 24, longest first.