temple: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of temple
noun
A house of worship, especially: A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
Example: The temple of Zeus was very large.
- Judaism
A house of worship, especially: Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.
- Mormonism
A house of worship, especially: As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.
A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
Listed forms: temples.
Source: Wiktionary — temple.
verb
- transitive
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god
Listed forms: temples, templing, templed.
Source: Wiktionary — temple.
noun
The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.
Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
Listed forms: temples.
Source: Wiktionary — temple.
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 temple.
noun
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is temple in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
These are spelling-list matches, not official game validity checks. Check the rules and dictionary used by your game.
Letter-value score of temple
T(1) + E(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 temple
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from temple
26 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in temple. Showing up to 24, longest first.