they: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with T · ends with Y
Meaning of they
pron
- nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually
A group of entities previously mentioned.
Example: Fred and Jane? They just arrived.
- nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually
A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or non-binary. One whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or both.
Example: Somebody requested a seat at Friday's performance but didn't say if they preferred the balcony or the floor. [The gender is unknown and irrelevant.]
- nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually
A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or non-binary. One who is nonbinary.
Example: There is no need to panic. Robin should be here soon and they will know what to do. [Robin is nonbinary and uses singular they.]
- indefinite, nominative, plural, pronoun, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually
People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
Example: They say it’s a good place to live.
Listed forms: them, their, theirs, themselves, themself, dey, thay, theye.
Source: Wiktionary — they.
det
- US, dialectal
Their.
- Southern-England, dialectal, nonstandard
The, those.
Listed forms: the, thay, thaay.
Source: Wiktionary — they.
verb
- transitive
To refer to (someone, sometimes especially someone who does not use gender-neutral pronouns) using they/them pronouns.
Example: I have a pin that says she/her, but I still get theyed all the time.
Listed forms: theys, theying, theyed.
Source: Wiktionary — they.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is they in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of they
T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + Y(4) = 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 they
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 they
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in they. Showing up to 24, longest first.