pet: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 5 letter points · starts with P · ends with T
Meaning of pet
noun
An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
Example: family pet, pet cat, pet dog, pet store
- broadly
Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects.
Example: pet plant, pet rock
One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
Listed forms: pets.
Source: Wiktionary — pet.
verb
- transitive
To stroke or fondle (an animal).
Example: I really love to pet cute puppies.
- informal, intransitive, transitive
To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
Example: We started petting each other the moment we were alone.
- dated, transitive
To keep or treat (an animal) as a pet.
- dated, transitive
To treat (someone) as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
Example: His daughter was petted and spoiled.
Listed forms: pets, petting, petted.
Source: Wiktionary — pet.
adj
- figuratively, not-comparable
Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
Example: a pet project
- literally, not-comparable
Kept or treated as a pet.
Example: pet rock
- not-comparable, obsolete
Good; ideal.
Source: Wiktionary — pet.
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 pet.
adjective
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
noun
a special loved one
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pet in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pet
P(3) + E(1) + T(1) = 5 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 pet
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 pet
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pet. Showing up to 24, longest first.