have: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with H · ends with E
Meaning of have
verb
- transitive
To possess, own.
Example: I have a house and a car.
- transitive
To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
Example: Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!
- transitive
To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.
Example: The stove has a handle. The shirt has sleeves.
- transitive
Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
Example: I have two sisters.
Listed forms: has, having, had, glossary, hast.
Source: Wiktionary — have.
noun
- contrastive, idiomatic, usually
A wealthy or privileged person.
- idiomatic, uncommon
One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
Listed forms: haves, haue, hae, hav.
Source: Wiktionary — have.
noun
- Australia, New-Zealand, informal
A fraud or deception; something misleading.
Example: They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
Listed forms: haves.
Source: Wiktionary — have.
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 have.
noun
a person who possesses great material wealth
- rich person
- wealthy person
verb
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- have got
- hold
verb
have as a feature
verb
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is have in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of have
H(4) + A(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 have
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 have
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in have. Showing up to 24, longest first.