heal: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with H · ends with L
Meaning of heal
verb
- transitive
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
Example: This bandage will help to heal your cut.
- intransitive
To become better or healthy again.
Example: Bandages allow cuts to heal.
- figuratively, transitive
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
Example: to heal dissensions
Listed forms: heals, healing, healed.
Source: Wiktionary — heal.
noun
- countable
A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
- countable, in-plural, uncountable
Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points.
Example: Give me heals! I need healing!
- obsolete, uncountable
health
Listed forms: heals.
Source: Wiktionary — heal.
verb
- alt-of, alternative, rare
Alternative form of hele (“conceal”).
Base or related entry: hele.
Listed forms: heals, healing, healed.
Source: Wiktionary — heal.
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 heal.
verb
heal or recover
verb
provide a cure for, make healthy again
- bring around
- cure
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is heal in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of heal
H(4) + E(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 7 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 heal
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from heal
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in heal. Showing up to 24, longest first.