phrase: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of phrase
noun
A short written or spoken expression.
Example: I've made progress, but this is still, in Churchill's phrase, just "the end of the beginning."
A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
A small section of music in a larger piece.
A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
Listed forms: phrases.
Source: Wiktionary — phrase.
verb
- transitive
To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
Example: I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
- intransitive, transitive
To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.
- transitive
To divide into melodic phrases.
Listed forms: phrases, phrasing, phrased.
Source: Wiktionary — phrase.
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 phrase.
noun
a short musical passage
- musical phrase
noun
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- idiom
- idiomatic expression
- phrasal idiom
- set phrase
verb
put into words or an expression
- give voice
- formulate
- word
- articulate
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is phrase in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of phrase
P(3) + H(4) + R(1) + A(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 11 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 phrase
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from phrase
91 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in phrase. Showing up to 24, longest first.