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What does doleful mean? Is doleful a Scrabble word?

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Is doleful a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word doleful is a Scrabble US word. The word doleful is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

D2O1L1E1F4U1L1

Is doleful a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word doleful is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

D2O1L1E1F4U1L1

Is doleful a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word doleful is a Words With Friends word. The word doleful is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2O1L2E1F4U2L2

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7-letter words (1 found)

DOLEFUL,

6-letter words (4 found)

DEFOUL,DUELLO,FOULED,FULLED,

5-letter words (3 found)

FLUED,FOULE,LOUED,

4-letter words (27 found)

DEFO,DELF,DELL,DELO,DOLE,DOLL,DUEL,DULE,DULL,FELL,FEOD,FEUD,FLED,FLOE,FLUE,FOLD,FOUD,FOUL,FUEL,FULL,LEUD,LODE,LOUD,LUDE,LUDO,OLDE,OULD,

3-letter words (28 found)

DEF,DEL,DOE,DOF,DOL,DUE,DUO,ELD,ELF,ELL,FED,FEU,FLU,FOE,FOU,FUD,LED,LEU,LOD,LOU,LUD,ODE,OLD,OLE,OUD,UDO,UFO,ULE,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EF,EL,FE,FU,LO,OD,OE,OF,OU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 76 words from doleful according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of doleful

doleful

Etymology

From Middle English doleful, doolful, deolful, equivalent to dole +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoʊlfəl/
  • Rhymes: (General American) -oʊlfəl

Adjective

doleful (comparative more doleful or dolefuller or dolefuler, superlative most doleful or dolefullest or dolefulest)

  1. Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.

Usage notes

The comparative/superlative pair "more doleful / most doleful" is significantly more common than "dolefuller / dolefullest", which is further more common than "dolefuler / dolefulest".

Derived terms

  • dolefully
  • dolefulness

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