8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
noun a clandestine love affair
verb cause to be interested or curious
originBorrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0