adventure: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 13 letter points · starts with A · ends with E
Meaning of adventure
noun
- uncountable
A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
Example: his sense of adventure
- countable, uncountable
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
Example: a life full of adventures
- countable, uncountable
A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.
- countable, uncountable
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Listed forms: adventures, aventure.
Source: Wiktionary — adventure.
verb
- intransitive
To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something.
- transitive
To dare to say or utter.
- transitive
To risk or hazard; jeopard.
- archaic, reflexive
To risk oneself.
Listed forms: adventures, adventuring, adventured, glossary, adventurest.
Source: Wiktionary — adventure.
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 adventure.
noun
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- escapade
- risky venture
- dangerous undertaking
verb
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
verb
put at risk
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is adventure in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of adventure
A(1) + D(2) + V(4) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + U(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 13 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 adventure
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 adventure
223 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in adventure. Showing up to 24, longest first.