five: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with F · ends with E
Meaning of five
num
A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
Describing a group or set with five elements.
Source: Wiktionary — five.
noun
The digit/figure 5.
Example: He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.
Example: Can anyone here change a five?
Anything measuring five units, as length.
Example: All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
A person who is five years old.
Example: The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
Listed forms: fives.
Source: Wiktionary — five.
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 five.
adjective
being one more than four
- 5
- v
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
noun
a team that plays basketball
- basketball team
noun
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
- five-spot
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is five in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of five
F(4) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 10 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 five
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 five
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in five. Showing up to 24, longest first.