literature: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 10 letter points · starts with L · ends with E
Meaning of literature
noun
- uncountable, usually
The body of all written works.
- uncountable, usually
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
Example: He’s studying English literature at university.
- uncountable, usually
All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
- uncountable, usually
Written fiction of a high standard.
Listed forms: literatures, literatuer.
Source: Wiktionary — literature.
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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noun
the humanistic study of a body of literature
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is literature 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 literature
L(1) + I(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + A(1) + T(1) + U(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of literature
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from literature
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