encounter: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 11 letter points · starts with E · ends with R
Meaning of encounter
verb
- transitive
To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- transitive
To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- intransitive
To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
Example: Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
- India, euphemistic, transitive
To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
Listed forms: encounters, encountering, encountered, encountre, incountre, incounter.
Source: Wiktionary — encounter.
noun
A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
Example: Their encounter was a matter of chance.
A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
A match between two opposing sides.
A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
Listed forms: encounters.
Source: Wiktionary — encounter.
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 encounter.
noun
a minor short-term fight
noun
a casual or unexpected convergence
noun
a casual meeting with a person or thing
- coming upon
noun
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- confrontation
- showdown
- face-off
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is encounter in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of encounter
E(1) + N(1) + C(3) + O(1) + U(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 11 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 encounter
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 encounter
155 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in encounter. Showing up to 24, longest first.