phoenix: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 19 letter points · starts with P · ends with X
Meaning of phoenix
noun
A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
- figuratively
Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
Example: Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
- Chinese
A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.
Listed forms: phoenixes, phoenices, phenix.
Source: Wiktionary — phoenix.
verb
- Australia
To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
Listed forms: phoenixes, phoenixing, phoenixed, phenix.
Source: Wiktionary — phoenix.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is phoenix 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 phoenix
P(3) + H(4) + O(1) + E(1) + N(1) + I(1) + X(8) = 19 points.
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Anagrams of phoenix
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 phoenix
57 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in phoenix. Showing up to 24, longest first.