comedy: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 14 letter points · starts with C · ends with Y
Meaning of comedy
noun
- countable
a light, amusing play with a happy ending
Example: A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
- Europe, Medieval, countable
a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
- countable
a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
- countable, uncountable
the genre of such works
Listed forms: comedies, comedie.
Source: Wiktionary — comedy.
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
a comic incident or series of incidents
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is comedy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of comedy
C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + E(1) + D(2) + Y(4) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of comedy
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from comedy
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