therapy: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 15 letter points · starts with T · ends with Y
Meaning of therapy
noun
- countable, uncountable
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
Example: inclined bed therapy
- countable, uncountable
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. Specifically, psychotherapy.
- countable, uncountable
Healing power or quality.
Listed forms: therapies.
Source: Wiktionary — therapy.
verb
- rare, transitive
To treat with a therapy.
- intransitive, rare
To undergo a therapy.
Listed forms: therapies, therapying, therapied.
Source: Wiktionary — therapy.
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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noun
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is therapy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of therapy
T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + R(1) + A(1) + P(3) + Y(4) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of therapy
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 therapy
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