cheese: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of cheese
noun
- uncountable
A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
- countable
Any particular variety of cheese.
- countable
A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
- UK, uncountable
A thick variety of jam (fruit preserve), as distinguished from a thinner variety (sometimes called jelly)
Listed forms: cheeses, cheesen.
Source: Wiktionary — cheese.
verb
To prepare curds for making cheese.
To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
- slang
To smile excessively, as for a camera.
Listed forms: cheeses, cheesing, cheesed.
Source: Wiktionary — cheese.
intj
Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.
Example: Say "cheese"! ... and there we are!
Source: Wiktionary — cheese.
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
erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
- tall mallow
- high mallow
- cheeseflower
- Malva sylvestris
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cheese in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cheese
C(3) + H(4) + E(1) + E(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 11 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 cheese
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 cheese
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cheese. Showing up to 24, longest first.