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Is baleful a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word baleful is a Scrabble US word. The word baleful is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

B3A1L1E1F4U1L1

Is baleful a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word baleful is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3A1L1E1F4U1L1

Is baleful a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word baleful is a Words With Friends word. The word baleful is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1L2E1F4U2L2

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7-letter words (1 found)

BALEFUL,

6-letter words (2 found)

BEFALL,BULLAE,

5-letter words (4 found)

BULLA,FABLE,FELLA,LABEL,

4-letter words (26 found)

ABLE,ALBE,ALEF,BAEL,BALE,BALL,BALU,BEAL,BEAU,BELL,BLAE,BLUE,BULL,FALL,FEAL,FELL,FLAB,FLEA,FLUB,FLUE,FUEL,FULL,LAUF,LEAF,LEAL,LUBE,

3-letter words (22 found)

ALB,ALE,ALF,ALL,ALU,AUE,AUF,BAE,BAL,BEL,EAU,ELF,ELL,FAB,FAE,FEU,FLU,FUB,LAB,LEA,LEU,ULE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AL,BA,BE,EA,EF,EL,FA,FE,FU,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from baleful according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of baleful

baleful

Alternative forms

  • balefull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English baleful, balful, baluful, from Old English bealuful, which being equivalent to bealu +‎ -ful. By surface analysis, bale (“evil, woe”) +‎ -ful. See bale for further etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɪl.fəl/

Adjective

baleful (comparative more baleful, superlative most baleful)

  1. Portending evil; ominous.
    • 1949, Naomi Replansky, “Complaint of the Ignorant Wizard” in Ring Song (published 1952):
      I learned the speech of birds; now every tree
      Screams out to me a baleful prophecy.
  2. (obsolete) Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.
  3. (obsolete) Deadly, mortal.

Derived terms

  • balefully
  • unbaleful

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • balful, baluful, balefulle, balefule, balleful, balefull, balful, balfulle

Etymology

From Old English bealuful. By surface analysis, bale +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːlful/, /ˈbalful/

Adjective

baleful

  1. evil, horrible, malicious
  2. (rare) dangerous, harmful, injurious
  3. (rare) worthless, petty, lowly

Derived terms

  • balfulli

Descendants

  • English: baleful

References

  • “bāleful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

Source: wiktionary.org