kiss: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with K · ends with S
Meaning of kiss
verb
- transitive
To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- ambitransitive
To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
Example: The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.
- reciprocal
Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
- archaic, transitive
To treat with fondness.
Listed forms: kisses, kissing, kissed, kist.
Source: Wiktionary — kiss.
noun
A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.
A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
Listed forms: kisses.
Source: Wiktionary — kiss.
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 kiss.
noun
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
noun
any of several bite-sized candies
- candy kiss
verb
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is kiss in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of kiss
K(5) + I(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of kiss
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from kiss
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in kiss. Showing up to 24, longest first.