wife: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with W · ends with E
Meaning of wife
noun
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
Example: The Fisherman and His Wife
The female of a pair of mated animals.
Example: A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.
- Scotland
Synonym of woman.
Listed forms: wives.
Source: Wiktionary — wife.
verb
- colloquial
To marry (a woman).
Listed forms: wifes, wifing, wifed.
Source: Wiktionary — wife.
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
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
- married woman
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wife in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of wife
W(4) + I(1) + F(4) + 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 wife
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 wife
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wife. Showing up to 24, longest first.