liability: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 14 letter points · starts with L · ends with Y
Meaning of liability
noun
- countable, uncountable
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- countable, uncountable
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone. Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- countable, uncountable
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
- countable, derogatory, informal, mildly, uncountable
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk. A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
Example: You're a bloody liability sometimes!
Listed forms: liabilities.
Source: Wiktionary — liability.
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 liability.
noun
an obligation to pay money to another party
- indebtedness
- financial obligation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is liability in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of liability
L(1) + I(1) + A(1) + B(3) + I(1) + L(1) + I(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 14 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 liability
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 liability
59 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in liability. Showing up to 24, longest first.