honey: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with H · ends with Y
Meaning of honey
noun
- uncountable, usually
A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
Example: The honey in the pot should last for years.
- countable, usually
A variety of this substance.
- figuratively, uncountable, usually
Something sweet or desirable.
- uncountable, usually
A term of affection.
Example: Honey, would you take out the trash?
Listed forms: honeys, honies, hony, hunney, hunny.
Source: Wiktionary — honey.
adj
Involving or resembling honey.
Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.
Honey-sweet.
Listed forms: honeyer, honier, honeyest, honiest, hony, hunney, hunny.
Source: Wiktionary — honey.
verb
- transitive
To sweeten; to make agreeable.
- transitive
To add honey to.
- intransitive
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
- intransitive
To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Listed forms: honeys, honeying, honeyed, hony, hunney, hunny.
Source: Wiktionary — honey.
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 beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is honey in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of honey
H(4) + O(1) + N(1) + E(1) + Y(4) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of honey
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from honey
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