intention: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 9 letter points · starts with I · ends with N
Meaning of intention
noun
- countable
A course of action that a person intends to follow.
Example: My intention was to marry a wealthy widow.
- countable
A goal or purpose.
Example: The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.
- countable
A process of the healing of a wound.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Tension; straining, stretching.
Listed forms: intentions, entention.
Source: Wiktionary — intention.
verb
To intend.
Listed forms: intentions, intentioning, intentioned, entention.
Source: Wiktionary — intention.
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 intention.
noun
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is intention in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of intention
I(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 9 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 intention
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 intention
51 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in intention. Showing up to 24, longest first.