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Is heighten a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word heighten is a Scrabble US word. The word heighten is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

H4E1I1G2H4T1E1N1

Is heighten a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word heighten is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

H4E1I1G2H4T1E1N1

Is heighten a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word heighten is a Words With Friends word. The word heighten is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1I1G3H3T1E1N2

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8-letter words (1 found)

HEIGHTEN,

7-letter words (1 found)

THEEING,

6-letter words (5 found)

EIGHTH,HEIGHT,HETING,TEEING,THEINE,

5-letter words (20 found)

EHING,EIGHT,EIGNE,ETHNE,GENET,GENIE,HEIGH,HENGE,HIGHT,HINGE,HITHE,NEIGH,NIGHT,TENGE,THEGN,THEIN,THIGH,THINE,THING,TINGE,

4-letter words (28 found)

EINE,ETEN,ETHE,GEIT,GENE,GENT,GHEE,GIEN,GITE,HENT,HETE,HETH,HIGH,HING,HINT,NETE,NIGH,NITE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,THEE,THEN,THIG,THIN,TIGE,TINE,TING,

3-letter words (31 found)

EEN,ENE,ENG,ETH,GEE,GEN,GET,GHI,GIE,GIN,GIT,HEH,HEN,HET,HIE,HIN,HIT,ING,NEE,NEG,NET,NIE,NIT,NTH,TEE,TEG,TEN,THE,TIE,TIG,TIN,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EH,EN,ET,GI,HE,HI,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 99 words from heighten according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of heighten

heighten

Etymology

From Middle English heightenen, hyghtenen, equivalent to height +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯.tən/, [ˈhaɪ̯tn̩], [ˈhaɪ̯ʔn̩]
  • Rhymes: -aɪtən
  • Homophone: Huyton

Verb

heighten (third-person singular simple present heightens, present participle heightening, simple past and past participle heightened)

  1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  2. To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
    to heighten beauty
    to heighten a flavor or a tint
    to heighten awareness
    to heighten tension
    the excitement heightened
    “That’s heightened by the impact of climate change,” she added.

Antonyms

  • lessen

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Source: wiktionary.org