people: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of people
noun
- countable, form-of, plural, uncountable
plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
Base or related entry: person.
Example: There were so many people at the restaurant last night.
- collective, countable
Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
Example: a people apart
- countable, uncountable
A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
Example: Moses said, "Let my people go."
- countable, uncountable
One's colleagues or employees.
Example: I'll have my people call your people.
Listed forms: peoples, peeps, peops, peple, pipple, ppl.
Source: Wiktionary — people.
verb
- informal, rare
To interact with people; to socialize.
Listed forms: peoples, peopling, peopled, peeps, peops, peple, pipple.
Source: Wiktionary — people.
verb
- transitive
To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
- intransitive
To become populous or populated.
- transitive
To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
Listed forms: peoples, peopling, peopled.
Source: Wiktionary — people.
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 people.
noun
the body of citizens of a state or country
noun
the common people generally
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is people in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of people
P(3) + E(1) + O(1) + P(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 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 people
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 people
21 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in people. Showing up to 24, longest first.