place: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of place
noun
- countable, physical, uncountable
An area; somewhere within an area. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- countable, often, physical, uncountable
An area; somewhere within an area. A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
Example: They live at Westminster Place.
- countable, physical, uncountable
An area; somewhere within an area. An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
- countable, physical, uncountable
An area; somewhere within an area. Any area of the earth: a region.
Example: He is going back to his native place on vacation.
Listed forms: places, pleace.
Source: Wiktionary — place.
verb
- transitive
To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
Example: He placed the glass on the table.
- ergative
To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
Example: The Cowboys placed third in the league.
- ergative, intransitive
To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)). To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
Example: In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
- transitive
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
Example: I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.
Listed forms: places, placing, placed, glossary, placest.
Source: Wiktionary — place.
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 place.
noun
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- topographic point
- spot
noun
any area set aside for a particular purpose
noun
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
noun
a particular situation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is place in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of place
P(3) + L(1) + A(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 9 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 place
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 place
25 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in place. Showing up to 24, longest first.