vice: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with V · ends with E
Meaning of vice
noun
Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)
Example: Pride is a vice, not a virtue.
Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
Listed forms: vices.
Source: Wiktionary — vice.
noun
- Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
Base or related entry: vise.
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
A winding or spiral staircase.
- obsolete
A grip or grasp.
Listed forms: vices.
Source: Wiktionary — vice.
verb
- alt-of, alternative
Alternative spelling of vise (“to hold or squeeze with a vice”).
Base or related entry: vise.
Listed forms: vices, vicing, viced.
Source: Wiktionary — vice.
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 vice.
noun
moral weakness
noun
a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
- vise
- bench vise
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is vice in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of vice
V(4) + I(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 9 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 vice
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 vice
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in vice. Showing up to 24, longest first.