interest: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 8 letter points · starts with I · ends with T
Meaning of interest
noun
- uncountable, usually
The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Example: Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
- uncountable, usually
Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
- uncountable, usually
A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
Example: He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
- uncountable, usually
Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
Listed forms: interests, enterest, interess, intherest.
Source: Wiktionary — interest.
verb
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
Example: It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
- impersonal, obsolete, often
To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
- obsolete
To cause or permit to share.
Listed forms: interests, interesting, interested, enterest, interess, intherest.
Source: Wiktionary — interest.
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 interest.
noun
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
noun
a reason for wanting something done
noun
the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
- interestingness
noun
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is interest in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of interest
I(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 8 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 interest
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 interest
164 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in interest. Showing up to 24, longest first.