marry: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with M · ends with Y
Meaning of marry
verb
- intransitive
To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
Example: Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
- intransitive
To enter into marriage with one another.
Example: Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
- transitive
To take as husband or wife.
Example: In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
- transitive
To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
Example: He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
Listed forms: marries, marrying, married.
Source: Wiktionary — marry.
intj
- obsolete
A term of asseveration: indeed!, in truth!
Listed forms: mary.
Source: Wiktionary — marry.
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 marry.
verb
take in marriage; married
verb
perform a marriage ceremony
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is marry in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of marry
M(3) + A(1) + R(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of marry
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 marry
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in marry. Showing up to 24, longest first.