verse: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with V · ends with E
Meaning of verse
noun
- countable, uncountable
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Example: Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.
- countable, uncountable
Poetic form in general.
Example: The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.
- countable, uncountable
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
Example: Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.
- countable, uncountable
A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
Listed forms: verses.
Source: Wiktionary — verse.
verb
- transitive
To tell in verse, or poetry.
- figuratively, transitive
to educate about, to teach about.
Example: He versed us in the finer points of category theory.
- obsolete
To compose verses.
Listed forms: verses, versing, versed.
Source: Wiktionary — verse.
verb
- colloquial, proscribed, sometimes
To oppose, to compete against.
Listed forms: verses, versing, versed.
Source: Wiktionary — verse.
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 verse.
noun
literature in metrical form
noun
a piece of poetry
noun
a line of metrical text
- verse line
verb
compose verses or put into verse
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is verse in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of verse
V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + S(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 verse
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from verse
16 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in verse. Showing up to 24, longest first.