face: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of face
noun
The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
Example: That girl has a pretty face.
- informal, slang
One's facial expression.
Example: Why the sad face?
- informal, slang
A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
Example: Children! Stop making faces at each other!
- informal, slang
The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
Listed forms: faces.
Source: Wiktionary — face.
verb
- transitive
To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
Example: Face the sun.
- transitive
To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
Example: Turn the chair so it faces the table.
- transitive
To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- transitive
To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
Example: I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.
Listed forms: faces, facing, faced.
Source: Wiktionary — face.
adv
- not-comparable, slang
Intensely.
Example: He's tripping face.
Source: Wiktionary — face.
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 face.
noun
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- human face
noun
the feelings expressed on a person's face
- expression
- look
- aspect
- facial expression
noun
a surface forming part of the outside of an object
noun
a contorted facial expression
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is face in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of face
F(4) + A(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 9 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 face
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 face
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in face. Showing up to 24, longest first.