somebody
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
/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
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Some unspecified person.
“Somebody has to clean this mess up.”
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pron
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Some unspecified person.
“Somebody has to clean this mess up.”
noun
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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.”
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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.
Words you can make from somebody
129 playable · top: EMBODY (14 pts)
Best play embody 14 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
26 words- BOOMY 12 pts
- BOODY 11 pts
- DOOMY 11 pts
- EMYDS 11 pts
- MOODY 11 pts
- BOYOS 10 pts
- DEMOB 10 pts
- MOSEY 10 pts
- OBEYS 10 pts
- BESOM 9 pts
- BOOMS 9 pts
- BOSOM 9 pts
- BODES 8 pts
- BOOED 8 pts
- DEMOS 8 pts
- DOBES 8 pts
- DOMES 8 pts
- DOOBS 8 pts
- DOOMS 8 pts
- MODES 8 pts
- MOODS 8 pts
- MOOED 8 pts
- SODOM 8 pts
- SOOEY 8 pts
- MOOSE 7 pts
- OBOES 7 pts
4-letter words
40 words- BODY 10 pts
- DEMY 10 pts
- DOBY 10 pts
- EMYD 10 pts
- BEYS 9 pts
- BOYO 9 pts
- BOYS 9 pts
- BYES 9 pts
- OBEY 9 pts
- SYBO 9 pts
- YOBS 9 pts
- BOOM 8 pts
- DEYS 8 pts
- DYES 8 pts
- MOBS 8 pts
- YODS 8 pts
- BEDS 7 pts
- BODE 7 pts
- BODS 7 pts
- DEBS 7 pts
- DEMO 7 pts
- DOBE 7 pts
- DOME 7 pts
- DOMS 7 pts
- DOOB 7 pts
- DOOM 7 pts
- MEDS 7 pts
- MODE 7 pts
- MODS 7 pts
- MOOD 7 pts
- OYES 7 pts
- BOOS 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- MOOS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- OBOE 6 pts
- SOME 6 pts
- DOES 5 pts
- DOSE 5 pts
- ODES 5 pts
3-letter words
38 words- BEY 8 pts
- BOY 8 pts
- BYE 8 pts
- BYS 8 pts
- YOB 8 pts
- YOM 8 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- MOB 7 pts
- YOD 7 pts
- BED 6 pts
- BOD 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- DOM 6 pts
- MED 6 pts
- MOD 6 pts
- SOY 6 pts
- YES 6 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BOO 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- MOS 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OMS 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- SOM 5 pts
- DOE 4 pts
- DOS 4 pts
- EDS 4 pts
- ODE 4 pts
- ODS 4 pts
- SOD 4 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
2-letter words
19 wordsFind your best play with somebody
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