public: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with P · ends with C
Meaning of public
adj
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
Example: public library public park
Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.
Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
Listed forms: publick, publicke, publike, publique.
Source: Wiktionary — public.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
Example: Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
- countable, uncountable
Preceded by a possessive determiner such as my, your, or their: a group of people who support a particular person, especially a performer, a writer, etc.; an audience, a following.
- countable, uncountable
Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic.
Example: the cinema-going public
- countable, uncountable
Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic. A group of people sharing some common cultural, political, or social interest, but not necessarily having any interactions with each other.
Listed forms: publics, publick, publicke, publike, publique.
Source: Wiktionary — public.
verb
- archaic, transitive
To make (something) openly or widely known; to publicize, to publish.
Listed forms: publics, publicking, publicked.
Source: Wiktionary — public.
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 public.
noun
people in general considered as a whole
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is public in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of public
P(3) + U(1) + B(3) + L(1) + I(1) + C(3) = 12 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 public
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 public
19 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in public. Showing up to 24, longest first.