greaten
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɡɹeɪtən/
Definition of greaten
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (intransitive)To become great or large; increase; dilate.
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verb
- (intransitive)To become great or large; increase; dilate.
- (intransitive, obsolete)To become great with child; become pregnant.
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(transitive)To make great; magnify; enlarge; increase.
“one studies how how to please his prince, the other how to greaten and secure him.”
“No blushes! all my body's blood / Has gone to greaten this poor heart, / That, loving, we may part.”
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Etymology
From Middle English gretnen (“to become great, be pregnant”), equivalent to great + -en.
Words you can make from greaten
136 playable · top: GRANTEE (8 pts)
Best play grantee 8 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
10 words5-letter words
33 words- AGENE 6 pts
- AGENT 6 pts
- AGREE 6 pts
- ANGER 6 pts
- EAGER 6 pts
- EAGRE 6 pts
- EGRET 6 pts
- GATER 6 pts
- GENET 6 pts
- GENRE 6 pts
- GRANT 6 pts
- GRATE 6 pts
- GREAT 6 pts
- GREEN 6 pts
- GREET 6 pts
- RAGEE 6 pts
- RANGE 6 pts
- REGNA 6 pts
- RETAG 6 pts
- TARGE 6 pts
- TENGE 6 pts
- TERGA 6 pts
- ANTRE 5 pts
- ARENE 5 pts
- ARETE 5 pts
- EATEN 5 pts
- EATER 5 pts
- ENATE 5 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- RANEE 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
4-letter words
37 words- AGEE 5 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GATE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GENE 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GETA 5 pts
- GNAR 5 pts
- GNAT 5 pts
- GRAN 5 pts
- GRAT 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- TANG 5 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARN 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- AGE 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
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