pretty: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with P · ends with Y
Meaning of pretty
adj
Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
- derogatory, often
Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
- UK, derogatory, sometimes
Effeminate.
Listed forms: prettier, prettiest, pooty, purdy, purty, pratty, prettie, pretie.
Source: Wiktionary — pretty.
adv
- not-comparable
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
- dialectal, not-comparable
Prettily, in a pretty manner.
Listed forms: pooty, purdy, purty, pratty, prettie, pretie.
Source: Wiktionary — pretty.
noun
A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.
Something that is pretty.
Example: We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.
Listed forms: pretties, pooty, purdy, purty, pratty, prettie, pretie.
Source: Wiktionary — pretty.
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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adverb
to certain extent or degree
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of pretty
P(3) + R(1) + E(1) + T(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 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 pretty
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from pretty
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