lady: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with L · ends with Y
Meaning of lady
noun
A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
Example: "I would like the dining room to be fully set by tonight; would you do so?" "Yes, my lady."
The feminine of lord, a lordess.
A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
Listed forms: ladies.
Source: Wiktionary — lady.
verb
To address as “lady”.
Listed forms: ladies, ladying, ladied.
Source: Wiktionary — lady.
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 lady.
noun
a woman of refinement
- dame
- madam
- ma'am
- gentlewoman
noun
a woman of the peerage in Britain
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is lady in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of lady
L(1) + A(1) + D(2) + Y(4) = 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 lady
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 lady
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in lady. Showing up to 24, longest first.