innocent: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with I · ends with T
Meaning of innocent
adj
Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
Example: I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.
Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
Example: He didn't mean anything by it; it was an innocent mistake.
Naive; artless.
Listed forms: hinnocent.
Source: Wiktionary — innocent.
noun
One who is innocent, especially a young child.
Example: The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
- obsolete
A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.
Listed forms: innocents, hinnocent.
Source: Wiktionary — innocent.
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 innocent.
adjective
free from evil or guilt
- guiltless
- clean-handed
adjective
lacking intent or capacity to injure
adjective
free from sin
adjective
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is innocent in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of innocent
I(1) + N(1) + N(1) + O(1) + C(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 10 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 innocent
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from innocent
65 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in innocent. Showing up to 24, longest first.