emergency: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 17 letter points · starts with E · ends with Y
Meaning of emergency
noun
- attributive, sometimes
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
Example: Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.
The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
- euphemistic
A critical urge to urinate or defecate.
Listed forms: emergencies, emergence.
Source: Wiktionary — emergency.
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 emergency.
noun
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
noun
a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
- hand brake
- emergency brake
- parking brake
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is emergency in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of emergency
E(1) + M(3) + E(1) + R(1) + G(2) + E(1) + N(1) + C(3) + Y(4) = 17 points.
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Anagrams of emergency
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 emergency
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