costume: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of costume
noun
- countable, uncountable
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- countable, uncountable
An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
Example: We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
- countable, uncountable
A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
Example: The bride wore a grey going-away costume.
- countable, uncountable
A swimming costume.
Listed forms: costumes.
Source: Wiktionary — costume.
verb
To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
Listed forms: costumes, costuming, costumed.
Source: Wiktionary — costume.
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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verb
dress in a costume
- dress up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is costume in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of costume
C(3) + O(1) + S(1) + T(1) + U(1) + M(3) + 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 costume
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 costume
101 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in costume. Showing up to 24, longest first.