essential: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 9 letter points · starts with E · ends with L
Meaning of essential
adj
Necessary.
Very important; of high importance.
Example: I see it as essential that there should be somewhere to park.
Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
Example: Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.
Listed forms: essentiall.
Source: Wiktionary — essential.
noun
A necessary ingredient.
A fundamental ingredient.
Listed forms: essentials, essentiall.
Source: Wiktionary — essential.
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 essential.
adjective
absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
adjective
of the greatest importance
- all-important
- all important
- crucial
- of the essence
adjective
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
noun
anything indispensable
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is essential 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 essential
E(1) + S(1) + S(1) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + I(1) + A(1) + L(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 essential
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 essential
356 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in essential. Showing up to 24, longest first.