poverty: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 15 letter points · starts with P · ends with Y
Meaning of poverty
noun
- uncountable, usually
The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
Example: get into poverty
- uncountable, usually
A deficiency of something needed or desired
Example: poverty of soil
Listed forms: poverties.
Source: Wiktionary — poverty.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is poverty in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of poverty
P(3) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of poverty
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from poverty
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