secure: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of secure
adj
Free from attack or danger; protected.
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
Listed forms: securer, securest, secuer.
Source: Wiktionary — secure.
verb
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
Example: to secure an estate
Listed forms: secures, securing, secured, glossary, securest.
Source: Wiktionary — secure.
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 secure.
adjective
free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
adjective
immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- impregnable
- inviolable
- strong
- unassailable
- unattackable
adjective
financially safe
verb
get by special effort
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is secure in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of secure
S(1) + E(1) + C(3) + U(1) + R(1) + E(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 secure
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from secure
41 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in secure. Showing up to 24, longest first.