suicide: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of suicide
noun
- uncountable
The act of intentionally killing oneself.
- countable
A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.
- countable
A person who has intentionally killed themself.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
An action that could cause the literal or figurative death of a person or organization, although death may not be the aim of the action.
Example: political suicide
Listed forms: suicides.
Source: Wiktionary — suicide.
verb
- intransitive
To intentionally kill oneself.
- transitive
To kill (someone) and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather than a homicide (now especially as part of a conspiracy).
- ambitransitive, figuratively
To destroy or self-destruct.
Listed forms: suicides, suiciding, suicided.
Source: Wiktionary — suicide.
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 suicide.
noun
the act of killing yourself
- self-destruction
- self-annihilation
noun
a person who kills themself intentionally
- felo-de-se
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is suicide in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of suicide
S(1) + U(1) + I(1) + C(3) + I(1) + D(2) + E(1) = 10 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 suicide
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from suicide
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