day: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 7 letter points · starts with D · ends with Y
Meaning of day
noun
The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
Example: day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day.
A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
Example: I've been here for two days and a bit.
A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
Listed forms: days, daie, daye.
Source: Wiktionary — day.
verb
- intransitive, rare
To spend a day (in a place).
Listed forms: days, daying, dayed, daie, daye.
Source: Wiktionary — day.
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 day.
noun
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- twenty-four hours
- twenty-four hour period
- 24-hour interval
- solar day
- mean solar day
noun
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
noun
the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- sidereal day
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is day in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of day
D(2) + A(1) + Y(4) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of day
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 day
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in day. Showing up to 24, longest first.