fancy: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 13 letter points · starts with F · ends with Y
Meaning of fancy
noun
The imagination.
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
A whim.
Example: I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
Listed forms: fancies, fancie, fansie, phancie, phancy.
Source: Wiktionary — fancy.
adj
Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
Example: This is a fancy shawl.
Of a superior grade.
Example: This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.
Executed with skill.
Example: He initiated the game-winning play with a fancy deked saucer pass to the winger.
- colloquial
Unnecessarily complicated.
Example: I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.
Listed forms: fancier, fanciest, fancie, fansie, phancie, phancy.
Source: Wiktionary — fancy.
adv
- nonstandard, not-comparable
In a fancy manner; fancily.
Listed forms: fancie, fansie, phancie, phancy.
Source: Wiktionary — fancy.
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 fancy.
noun
something many people believe that is false
noun
a predisposition to like something
verb
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
verb
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- go for
- take to
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is fancy in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of fancy
F(4) + A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + Y(4) = 13 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 fancy
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from fancy
14 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in fancy. Showing up to 24, longest first.