do: meaning and words from its letters
2 letters · 3 letter points · starts with D · ends with O
Meaning of do
verb
- auxiliary
A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Example: Do you go there often?
- auxiliary
A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
Example: I do not go there often.
- auxiliary
A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
Example: But I do go sometimes.
- auxiliary
A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
Example: I play tennis; she does too.
Listed forms: does, doing, did, done, glossary, doest, dost.
Source: Wiktionary — do.
noun
- UK, informal
A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
Example: We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
Something that can or should be done.
Example: Don’t forget the dos and don’ts.
- UK, slang
A homicide.
- obsolete
Something that has been done.
Example: "How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos."
Listed forms: dos, doos, de, dee.
Source: Wiktionary — do.
noun
A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
Listed forms: dos, doh.
Source: Wiktionary — do.
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 do.
noun
an uproarious party
noun
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- doh
- ut
verb
engage in
verb
carry out or perform an action
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is do in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of do
D(2) + O(1) = 3 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 do
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from do
0 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in do. Showing up to 24, longest first.
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