character: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 16 letter points · starts with C · ends with R
Meaning of character
noun
- countable
A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- countable
A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
Example: A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.
- countable, uncountable
A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
Example: A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.
- uncountable
Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
Example: He has a great deal of character.
Listed forms: characters.
Source: Wiktionary — character.
verb
- obsolete
To write (using characters); to describe.
Listed forms: characters, charactering, charactered.
Source: Wiktionary — character.
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 character.
noun
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- fictional character
- fictitious character
noun
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
noun
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
noun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is character in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of character
C(3) + H(4) + A(1) + R(1) + A(1) + C(3) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 16 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 character
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 character
122 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in character. Showing up to 24, longest first.