simple: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of simple
adj
Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
Easy; not difficult.
Without ornamentation; plain.
Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
Listed forms: simpler, simplest.
Source: Wiktionary — simple.
noun
A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
A simple or atomic proposition.
A drawloom.
Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
Listed forms: simples.
Source: Wiktionary — simple.
verb
- archaic, intransitive, transitive
To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.
Listed forms: simples, simpling, simpled.
Source: Wiktionary — simple.
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 simple.
adjective
easy and not involved or complicated
adjective
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
adjective
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- childlike
- wide-eyed
- round-eyed
- dewy-eyed
adjective
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
- dim-witted
- simple-minded
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is simple in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of simple
S(1) + I(1) + M(3) + P(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 10 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 simple
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from simple
61 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in simple. Showing up to 24, longest first.