emphasis: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 15 letter points · starts with E · ends with S
Meaning of emphasis
noun
- countable, uncountable
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
Example: He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
- countable, uncountable
Special attention or prominence given to something.
Example: Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
- countable, uncountable
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
Example: He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
- countable, uncountable
The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
Listed forms: emphases.
Source: Wiktionary — emphasis.
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 emphasis.
noun
special importance or significance
noun
intensity or forcefulness of expression
noun
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is emphasis in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of emphasis
E(1) + M(3) + P(3) + H(4) + A(1) + S(1) + I(1) + S(1) = 15 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 emphasis
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from emphasis
170 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in emphasis. Showing up to 24, longest first.