exact: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 14 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of exact
adj
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
Example: The clock keeps exact time.
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
Example: a man exact in observing an appointment
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- not-comparable
Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
Listed forms: exacter, exactest.
Source: Wiktionary — exact.
verb
- ambitransitive
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
Example: to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
- transitive
To make desirable or necessary.
- transitive
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
Example: to exact revenge on someone
Listed forms: exacts, exacting, exacted.
Source: Wiktionary — exact.
adv
exactly
Example: She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
Source: Wiktionary — exact.
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 exact.
adjective
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
adjective
lacking compromising or mitigating elements
verb
claim as due or just
verb
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is exact in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of exact
E(1) + X(8) + A(1) + C(3) + T(1) = 14 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 exact
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 exact
18 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in exact. Showing up to 24, longest first.