die: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 4 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of die
verb
- intransitive
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- intransitive
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use
Example: He died of malaria.
- intransitive
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences
Example: He died from heart failure.
- intransitive
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes
Example: He died for the one he loved.
Listed forms: dies, dying, died, glossary, diest.
Source: Wiktionary — die.
noun
The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
Listed forms: dies, dye.
Source: Wiktionary — die.
noun
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
Example: Most dice are six-sided.
- obsolete
That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Listed forms: dice, dies, dye.
Source: Wiktionary — die.
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 die.
noun
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
verb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- decease
- perish
- go
- exit
- pass away
- expire
- pass
- kick the bucket
- cash in one's chips
- buy the farm
- conk
- give-up the ghost
verb
stop operating or functioning
verb
cut or shape with a die
- die out
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is die 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 die
D(2) + I(1) + E(1) = 4 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 die
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 die
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in die. Showing up to 24, longest first.