Intrigue

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:12 pts8 letters

Definition of Intrigue

noun

A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.

verb

To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.

Anagrams of Intrigue

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "intrigue":

7-LETTER WORDS

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6-LETTER WORDS

engirt gunite gurnet ignite tieing tinier tiring triune truing ungirt uniter urgent

5-LETTER WORDS

genii grunt inert inter inure iring niter nitre reign renig ruing rutin tiger tinge trine+6 more

4-LETTER WORDS

etui gent genu gien girn girt gite grin grit grue inti nite rein rent

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "intrigue" and rearranging:

+dintrigued nigritude

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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