incident: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with I · ends with T
Meaning of incident
noun
- countable, uncountable
An event or occurrence.
Example: She could not recall the time of the incident.
- countable, uncountable
A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
- countable, uncountable
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
- countable, often, uncountable
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error. An event affecting an aircraft, usually a plane crash.
Listed forms: incidents.
Source: Wiktionary — incident.
adj
- not-comparable
Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
Example: No major hazards incident to this job.
- not-comparable
Falling on or striking a surface.
Example: The incident light illuminated the surface.
- not-comparable
Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
- not-comparable
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
Source: Wiktionary — incident.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
(sometimes followed by ‘to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is incident 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 incident
I(1) + N(1) + C(3) + I(1) + D(2) + E(1) + N(1) + T(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 incident
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 incident
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