family: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 14 letter points · starts with F · ends with Y
Meaning of family
noun
- countable, uncountable
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Example: Our family lives in town.
- collective, countable, uncountable
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. A group of related animals, usually a mother and offspring, a mating pair or larger lineages in some species.
- countable, uncountable
An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
- countable, uncountable
A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
Example: The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
Listed forms: families.
Source: Wiktionary — family.
adj
- not-comparable
Suitable for children and adults.
Example: It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
- not-comparable, slang
Homosexual.
Example: I knew he was family when I first met him.
Source: Wiktionary — family.
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 family.
noun
a social unit living together
noun
primary social group; parents and children
- family unit
noun
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
noun
people descended from a common ancestor
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is family in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of family
F(4) + A(1) + M(3) + I(1) + L(1) + Y(4) = 14 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 family
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 family
39 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in family. Showing up to 24, longest first.