element: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of element
noun
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
Example: Letters are the elements of written language.
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
Listed forms: elements.
Source: Wiktionary — element.
verb
- obsolete, transitive
To compound (something) out of elements.
- obsolete, transitive
To constitute and be the elements of (something).
Listed forms: elements, elementing, elemented.
Source: Wiktionary — element.
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 element.
noun
an abstract part of something
noun
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
noun
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
- chemical element
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is element in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of element
E(1) + L(1) + E(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 9 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 element
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from element
30 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in element. Showing up to 24, longest first.