sweet: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with T
Meaning of sweet
adj
Tasting of sugars.
Example: a sweet apple
Retaining a portion of sugar.
Example: Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
Not of a salty taste.
Example: sweet butter
Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.
Example: a sweet scent
Listed forms: sweeter, sweetest, sweete.
Source: Wiktionary — sweet.
intj
Used as a positive response to good news or information.
Example: They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!
Listed forms: sweete.
Source: Wiktionary — sweet.
adv
In a pleasant manner.
Listed forms: sweete.
Source: Wiktionary — sweet.
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 sweet.
adjective
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
adjective
pleasing to the ear
- dulcet
- honeyed
- mellifluous
- mellisonant
adjective
pleasing to the mind or feeling
adjective
having a natural fragrance
- odoriferous
- odorous
- perfumed
- scented
- sweet-scented
- sweet-smelling
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is sweet in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of sweet
S(1) + W(4) + E(1) + E(1) + T(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 sweet
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from sweet
20 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in sweet. Showing up to 24, longest first.