Scrabble and Words with Friends

• TENSE is a valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• TENSE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 6 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• TENSE is a 5 letter word containing the letters e, e, n, s, t.

Definitions

• tense

  noun a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

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• tense

  verb become stretched or tense or taut
  the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed

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• tense

  verb increase the tension on
  alternately relax and tense your calf muscle
  tense the rope manually before tensing the spring

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• tense

  verb become tense, nervous, or uneasy
  He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room

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• tense

  verb cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
  he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up

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• tense

  adjective in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

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• tense

  adjective pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

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• tense

  adjective taut or rigid; stretched tight
  tense piano strings

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• Lookup TENSE using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Synonyms

Words that sound like 'tense'

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