navy: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with N · ends with Y
Meaning of navy
noun
- countable
A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.
Example: People who get seasick easily shouldn't join the navy.
- countable
A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
- countable, uncountable
A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
- archaic, countable
Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.
Listed forms: navies.
Source: Wiktionary — navy.
adj
Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
Source: Wiktionary — navy.
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 navy.
noun
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
- naval forces
noun
a dark shade of blue
- dark blue
- navy blue
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is navy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of navy
N(1) + A(1) + V(4) + Y(4) = 10 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 navy
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 navy
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in navy. Showing up to 24, longest first.