code: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of code
noun
- countable, uncountable
A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
Example: This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
- countable, uncountable
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- countable, uncountable
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
Example: The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
- countable, uncountable
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
Listed forms: codes.
Source: Wiktionary — code.
verb
To write software programs.
Example: I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
- transitive
To add codes to (a data set).
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
To encode.
Example: We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.
Listed forms: codes, coding, coded.
Source: Wiktionary — code.
noun
- alt-of, alternative
Alternative form of cod.
Base or related entry: cod.
Listed forms: codes.
Source: Wiktionary — code.
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 code.
noun
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
noun
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
- computer code
verb
convert ordinary language into code
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is code in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of code
C(3) + O(1) + D(2) + E(1) = 7 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 code
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from code
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in code. Showing up to 24, longest first.