privacy: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 17 letter points · starts with P · ends with Y
Meaning of privacy
noun
- uncountable
The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
Example: I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.
- uncountable
Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
Example: Those prying neighbours have robbed me of my sense of privacy.
- uncountable
Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
Example: Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights.
- countable, obsolete
A place of seclusion.
Listed forms: privacies.
Source: Wiktionary — privacy.
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 privacy.
noun
the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
noun
the condition of being concealed or hidden
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is privacy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of privacy
P(3) + R(1) + I(1) + V(4) + A(1) + C(3) + Y(4) = 17 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 privacy
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 privacy
49 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in privacy. Showing up to 24, longest first.