experiment: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 21 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of experiment
noun
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
Example: conduct an experiment
- obsolete
Experience, practical familiarity with something.
Listed forms: experiments.
Source: Wiktionary — experiment.
verb
- intransitive
To conduct an experiment.
Example: We're going to experiment on rats.
- intransitive, often
To try something to observe the results.
Example: I want to experiment with psychedelics.
- obsolete, transitive
To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
- obsolete, transitive
To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
Listed forms: experiments, experimenting, experimented.
Source: Wiktionary — experiment.
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 experiment.
noun
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
noun
the testing of an idea
verb
try something new, as in order to gain experience
- try out
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is experiment in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of experiment
E(1) + X(8) + P(3) + E(1) + R(1) + I(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 21 points.
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Anagrams of experiment
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 experiment
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