heighten
VERB
/haɪtən/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH H
heighten is a valid 8-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4E1I1G2H4T1E1N1
4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING
What does heighten mean?
VERB · 6 SENSES
1
Make (one's senses) more acute.
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2
Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.
“Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness”
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3
Become more extreme.
“The tension heightened”
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4
Increase.
“heighten the tension”
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5
Increase the height of.
“The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars”
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6
Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity.
“heightened interest”
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