history: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 13 letter points · starts with H · ends with Y
Meaning of history
noun
- countable, uncountable
The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
Example: The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.
- countable, uncountable
The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
Example: He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War.
- countable, uncountable
The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it.
Example: in all of human history and prehistory
- countable
A set of events involving an entity.
Example: a long and sordid history
Listed forms: histories, hx, historie, hystorie, hystory.
Source: Wiktionary — history.
verb
- obsolete
To narrate or record.
Listed forms: histories, historying, historied, hx, historie, hystorie, hystory.
Source: Wiktionary — history.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a record or narrative description of past events
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is history in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of history
H(4) + I(1) + S(1) + T(1) + O(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 13 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 history
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 history
84 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in history. Showing up to 24, longest first.