season: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 6 letter points · starts with S · ends with N
Meaning of season
noun
Each of the divisions of a year based on the prevailing weather: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; or the rainy (monsoon) and dry season, depending on the climate.
A period of the year when something particular happens.
Example: mating season
A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
- metonymically
A year, but with emphasis on the most important part of the year in context, such as the months when plants or animals grow and reproduce.
Example: This invasive species reproduces so rapidly that it can completely take over an area in just a couple seasons.
Listed forms: seasons.
Source: Wiktionary — season.
verb
- transitive
To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
Example: to season oneself to a climate
- broadly, transitive
To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
Example: The timber needs to be seasoned.
- intransitive
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
- intransitive
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
Example: The wood has seasoned in the sun.
Listed forms: seasons, seasoning, seasoned.
Source: Wiktionary — season.
verb
- transitive
To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
Listed forms: seasons, seasoning, seasoned.
Source: Wiktionary — season.
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 season.
noun
one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
- time of year
verb
lend flavor to
verb
make healthy
verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is season in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of season
S(1) + E(1) + A(1) + S(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 6 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 season
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 season
35 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in season. Showing up to 24, longest first.