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Is tense a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tense is a Scrabble US word. The word tense is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is tense a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tense is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Yes. The word tense is a Words With Friends word. The word tense is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (7 found)

ETENS,NETES,SENTE,STEEN,TEENS,TENES,TENSE,

4-letter words (16 found)

ENES,ENTS,ESNE,ETEN,NEST,NETE,NETS,SEEN,SENE,SENT,SNEE,STEN,TEEN,TEES,TENE,TENS,

3-letter words (12 found)

EEN,ENE,ENS,EST,NEE,NET,SEE,SEN,SET,TEE,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EN,ES,ET,NE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 43 words from tense according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tense

tense etnse tnese ntese entse netse tesne etsne tsene stene estne setne tnsee ntsee tsnee stnee nstee sntee enste neste esnte sente nsete snete tenes etnes tnees ntees entes netes teens etens teens etens eetns eetns tnees ntees tenes etnes netes entes enets neets eents eents neets enets tesen etsen tseen steen esten seten teesn etesn teesn etesn eetsn eetsn tseen steen tesen etsen seten esten esetn seetn eestn eestn seetn esetn tnsee ntsee tsnee stnee nstee sntee tnese ntese tense etnse netse entse tsene stene tesne etsne setne estne nsete snete neste enste sente esnte enset neset esnet senet nseet sneet enest neest eenst eenst neest enest esent seent eesnt eesnt seent esent nseet sneet neset enset senet esnet

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word tense. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in tense.

Definitions and meaning of tense

tense

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tĕns, IPA(key): /tɛns/
  • Rhymes: -ɛns

Etymology 1

From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus.

Noun

tense (plural tenses)

  2. (grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
  3. (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
  4. (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
Usage notes
  • Some English-language authorities only consider inflected forms of verbs (i.e. the present and past tenses) as tenses, and not periphrastic forms such as the simple future with will.
  • Grammatically tense (the location of an event in time: past, present, future) is often distinguished from aspect (how an event occurs or is viewed by the speaker: finished, ongoing, habitual, etc.). So I am eating and I was eating have different tenses (present and past) but the same aspect (continuous), whereas I was eating and I had eaten have the same tense (past) and different aspects (continuous and perfect). However, it is common in English (especially in language teaching) to refer to aspects as tenses (e.g. the perfect tense, the continuous tense).
Derived terms
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  • See: Category:en:Tenses
Translations

Verb

tense (third-person singular simple present tenses, present participle tensing, simple past and past participle tensed)

  1. (grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.
    tensing a verb

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin tēnsus, one form of the past participle of tendō (“stretch”). Ultimately identical to Etymology 1.

Adjective

tense (comparative tenser, superlative tensest)

  1. Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
    Synonyms: stressed, unrelaxed
  2. Pulled taut, without any slack.
  3. (linguistics) (of a vowel) Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
    Antonym: lax
Derived terms
  • hypertense
  • tense vowel
Related terms
  • tend
  • tension
  • tent
  • intense
Translations

Verb

tense (third-person singular simple present tenses, present participle tensing, simple past and past participle tensed)

  2. (transitive) To make tense.
  4. (intransitive) To become tense.
Derived terms
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Anagrams

  • ESnet, Enets, NEETs, Stene, Tenes, enset, neets, seent, senet, sente, steen, teens

Latin

Participle

tēnse

  1. vocative masculine singular of tēnsus

Spanish

Verb

tense

  1. inflection of tensar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org