initial

initial is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
2. adjective. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
3. noun. The first letter of a word or a name.
4. transitive verb. To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
5. noun. the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)

   "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"

6. verb. mark with one's initials
7. adjective. occurring at the beginning

   "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

Common word forms

initials, initialed, initialer, initially, initialing, initialise, initialize, initialness

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for INITIAL lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.