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Heightener

h 4e 1i 1g 2h 4t 1e 1n 1e 1r 1

About 3 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Rare · form of heighten

  • Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : not valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does heightener mean?

verb

  1. become more extreme

    “The tension heightened”

    Synonymsrise

  2. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

    “heightened interest”

  3. increase

    “This will enhance your enjoyment”

    Synonymsenhanceraise

  4. increase the height of

    “The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars”

  5. make (one's senses) more acute

    “This drug will sharpen your vision”

    Synonymssharpen

  6. make more intense, stronger, or more marked

    “The efforts were intensified”

    Synonymsintensifycompounddeepen

Definitions shown for heighten, the base form of heightener.

Is HEIGHTENER a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) No
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is HEIGHTENER worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
h 4e 1i 1g 2h 4t 1e 1n 1e 1r 1

Words With Friends

17 pts
h 3e 1i 1g 3h 3t 1e 1n 2e 1r 1

Wordfeud

18 pts
h 4e 1i 1g 3h 4t 1e 1n 1e 1r 1

NYT Crossplay

17 pts
h 3e 1i 1g 4h 3t 1e 1n 1e 1r 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in HEIGHTENER

Hooks for HEIGHTENER

Add one letter to the front or back of HEIGHTENER to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

heighteners

Words that end like HEIGHTENER

Common words that share the ending -ENER, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

listenersharpenerbarrenerfastenergardenergoldenerrottenersullenerwoodeneroftenerserenereveneropener
All words ending in -ENER

Heightener: quick answers

Is HEIGHTENER a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. HEIGHTENER is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is HEIGHTENER worth?
HEIGHTENER scores 17 points in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends, 18 in Wordfeud and 17 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does heightener mean?
heightener is related to heighten, which means “become more extreme”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in HEIGHTENER?
You can make 214 shorter words from HEIGHTENER, such as HEIGHTEN, EIGHTH, HEIGHT, HIGHER. See the full list.