Veil

4 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

To hide, obscure, or conceal something as though draping it with a covering.

“She chose to veil her disappointment with a polite smile throughout the ceremony.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/veɪl/

Related Words

Synonyms

velum caulobscureobliteratehide

Antonyms

unveil

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains the EI vowel pair in positions three and four, the V opener and L closer are both informative.

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Scrabble

Worth 7 points, hooks cleanly to veils and veiled, making it a flexible board word.

Words Related to Veil

Anagrams of Veil

Words that use exactly the same letters as “veil”.

evil levi live vile

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “veil” to make these 4-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

ceil deil feil heil neil

Add a letter to make a longer word

5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “veil”.

alive avile bevil clive devil divel elvis ervil evils kevil levin levir levis lieve lived liven liver lives livre olive ovile rivel slive veils

Longer words starting with Veil

Words that begin with “veil”.

veils veily veiled

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