boy: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 8 letter points · starts with B · ends with Y
Meaning of boy
noun
- countable, uncountable
A male child.
Example: Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
- broadly, countable, informal, uncountable
A young man.
Example: Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
- broadly, countable, diminutive, especially, uncountable
A son of any age.
- broadly, countable, diminutive, endearing, uncountable
A male human younger than the speaker.
Listed forms: boys, boyz, boi.
Source: Wiktionary — boy.
intj
Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
Example: Boy, that was close!
Source: Wiktionary — boy.
verb
- transitive
To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
Listed forms: boys, boying, boyed.
Source: Wiktionary — boy.
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 boy.
noun
a youthful male person
- male child
noun
a male human offspring
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is boy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of boy
B(3) + O(1) + Y(4) = 8 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 boy
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from boy
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in boy. Showing up to 24, longest first.