hide: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with H · ends with E
Meaning of hide
verb
- transitive
To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
Example: He hides his magazines under the bed.
- intransitive
To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.
Example: You can run, but you can't hide!
Listed forms: hides, hiding, hid, hidden, hyde.
Source: Wiktionary — hide.
noun
- countable
The skin of an animal.
- US, informal, metonymically, uncountable, usually
One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
Example: to save his own hide
- countable
(mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
- countable
A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
Listed forms: hides, hyde.
Source: Wiktionary — hide.
verb
To beat with a whip made from hide.
Listed forms: hides, hiding, hided, hyde.
Source: Wiktionary — hide.
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 hide.
noun
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
noun
body covering of a living animal
verb
prevent from being seen or discovered
verb
be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
- hide out
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hide in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hide
H(4) + I(1) + D(2) + E(1) = 8 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 hide
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from hide
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hide. Showing up to 24, longest first.