soul: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with S · ends with L
Meaning of soul
noun
- countable, uncountable
The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
- countable, uncountable
The spirit or essence of anything.
- countable, uncountable
Life, energy, vigor.
- countable, uncountable
Cultural consciousness and pride among people of African American heritage.
Listed forms: souls, sowl, soule.
Source: Wiktionary — soul.
adj
- not-comparable
Characteristic of or pertaining to African American culture.
Example: soul music
Listed forms: sowl, soule.
Source: Wiktionary — soul.
verb
To beg on All Soul's Day.
- obsolete, transitive
To endow with a soul or mind.
Listed forms: souls, souling, souled, sowl, soule.
Source: Wiktionary — soul.
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 soul.
noun
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
noun
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
noun
deep feeling or emotion
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is soul in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of soul
S(1) + O(1) + U(1) + L(1) = 4 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 soul
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 soul
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in soul. Showing up to 24, longest first.