necessary: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 14 letter points · starts with N · ends with Y
Meaning of necessary
adj
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
Example: Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.
Unavoidable, inevitable.
Example: If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account.
- obsolete
Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
Listed forms: necessarier, necessariest.
Source: Wiktionary — necessary.
noun
- archaic, euphemistic
A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
- obsolete
Necessity.
Listed forms: necessaries, necessarys.
Source: Wiktionary — necessary.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for necessary.
noun
anything indispensable
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is necessary in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of necessary
N(1) + E(1) + C(3) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) + A(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 14 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 necessary
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 necessary
213 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in necessary. Showing up to 24, longest first.