improvement: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 20 letter points · starts with I · ends with T
Meaning of improvement
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
- countable, uncountable
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
- countable, uncountable
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
- countable, uncountable
Something which is improved
Example: the new edition is an improvement on the old.
Listed forms: improvements, emprovement.
Source: Wiktionary — improvement.
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 improvement.
noun
a change for the better; progress in development
noun
a condition superior to an earlier condition
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is improvement in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of improvement
I(1) + M(3) + P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 20 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 improvement
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 improvement
349 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in improvement. Showing up to 24, longest first.