flesh: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with F · ends with H
Meaning of flesh
noun
- uncountable, usually
The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
- uncountable, usually
The skin of a human or animal.
- broadly, uncountable, usually
Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.
- uncountable, usually
Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).
Listed forms: fleshes.
Source: Wiktionary — flesh.
verb
- transitive
To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
- transitive
To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
- transitive
To glut.
- transitive
To put flesh on; to fatten.
Listed forms: fleshes, fleshing, fleshed.
Source: Wiktionary — flesh.
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 flesh.
noun
alternative names for the body of a human being
noun
a soft moist part of a fruit
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is flesh in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of flesh
F(4) + L(1) + E(1) + S(1) + H(4) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of flesh
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from flesh
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in flesh. Showing up to 24, longest first.