currency: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 15 letter points · starts with C · ends with Y
Meaning of currency
noun
- countable, uncountable
Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Example: Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
- countable, uncountable
Paper money.
- countable, uncountable
The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.
Example: The jargon’s currency.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
Listed forms: currencies.
Source: Wiktionary — currency.
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 currency.
noun
the property of belonging to the present time
- currentness
- up-to-dateness
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is currency in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of currency
C(3) + U(1) + R(1) + R(1) + E(1) + N(1) + C(3) + Y(4) = 15 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 currency
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 currency
32 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in currency. Showing up to 24, longest first.