intense: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 7 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of intense
adj
Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
Example: intense study
Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
Example: The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.
Listed forms: intenser, intensest.
Source: Wiktionary — intense.
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 intense.
adjective
extremely sharp or severe
adjective
(of color) having the highest saturation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is intense 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 intense
I(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 7 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 intense
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from intense
58 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in intense. Showing up to 24, longest first.