ice: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 5 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of ice
noun
- uncountable, usually
Water in frozen (solid) form.
Example: He said, “Where we’re at right now was back in 2008 all covered with ice. From here to there at the side, the glacier shrank about 20 to 30 meters.”
- uncountable, usually
Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
- uncountable, usually
Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.
- figuratively, uncountable, usually
Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
Example: a heart of ice
Listed forms: ices, yce.
Source: Wiktionary — ice.
verb
- intransitive
To become ice; to freeze.
- transitive
To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.
- transitive
To make icy; to freeze.
Example: The bridge ices before the road.
- transitive
To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
Listed forms: ices, icing, iced, yce.
Source: Wiktionary — ice.
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 ice.
noun
water frozen in the solid state
- water ice
noun
diamonds
noun
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
noun
a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
- frappe
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ice in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ice
I(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 5 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 ice
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 ice
1 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ice. Showing up to 24, longest first.