somebody

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ (UK)
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/ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ (UK) · /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ (UK) · /ˈsʌmbˌʌdi/ · /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi/ · /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ (US)

Definition of somebody

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

pron

  1. Some unspecified person.
    “Somebody has to clean this mess up.”
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pron

  1. Some unspecified person.
    “Somebody has to clean this mess up.”

noun

  1. Any person.
    “In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before.”
    “So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with.”
  2. A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
    “I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.

Anagrams of somebody

1 play · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from somebody

129 playable · top: EMBODY (14 pts)

Best play embody 14 points

7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

4 words

5-letter words

26 words

4-letter words

40 words

3-letter words

38 words

2-letter words

19 words

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