fly: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 9 letter points · starts with F · ends with Y
Meaning of fly
noun
Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
Those or any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
Listed forms: flies.
Source: Wiktionary — fly.
verb
- intransitive
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
Example: Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
- intransitive
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. To take a flight on a plane; to pilot or crew a plane.
Example: My airline needs me to get clearance before I can fly again.
- intransitive
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. To be in the winged adult stage.
Example: This species flies from late summer until frost.
- colloquial, figuratively, intransitive
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. To be accepted, come about or work out.
Example: Let's see if that idea flies.
Listed forms: flies, flying, flew, flown, glossary, fliest, flyest.
Source: Wiktionary — fly.
noun
An act of flying.
Example: There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly.
A fly ball.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
Example: Ha-ha! Your fly's undone!
Listed forms: flys, flies.
Source: Wiktionary — fly.
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 fly.
noun
flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- tent-fly
- rainfly
- fly sheet
- tent flap
noun
an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- fly front
noun
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- fly ball
verb
travel through the air; be airborne
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is fly in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of fly
F(4) + L(1) + Y(4) = 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 fly
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 fly
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