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Is dreadful a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dreadful is a Scrabble US word. The word dreadful is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is dreadful a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dreadful is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is dreadful a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dreadful is a Words With Friends word. The word dreadful is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

DREADFUL,

7-letter words (3 found)

DAREFUL,DEFRAUD,FUDDLER,

6-letter words (18 found)

AULDER,DAURED,EARFUL,FADDLE,FADEUR,FARDED,FARDEL,FERULA,FEUDAL,FLARED,FUDDLE,FURLED,LADDER,LARDED,LAUDED,LAUDER,RADDLE,RUDDLE,

5-letter words (34 found)

ADDER,ADDLE,ADRED,ALDER,ALURE,AREDD,ARLED,DALED,DARED,DEDAL,DREAD,DURAL,DURED,FADED,FADER,FARED,FARLE,FAULD,FAURD,FERAL,FEUAR,FLARE,FLEUR,FLUED,FRAUD,FURAL,LADED,LADER,LURED,READD,RUEDA,RULED,UDDER,UREAL,

4-letter words (64 found)

ALEF,ARED,ARLE,AULD,DALE,DARE,DAUD,DAUR,DEAD,DEAF,DEAL,DEAR,DELF,DRAD,DUAD,DUAL,DUAR,DUDE,DUED,DUEL,DULE,DURA,DURE,EARD,EARL,FADE,FARD,FARE,FARL,FAUR,FEAL,FEAR,FEUD,FLEA,FLED,FLUE,FRAE,FRAU,FUEL,FURL,LADE,LAER,LARD,LARE,LAUD,LAUF,LEAD,LEAF,LEAR,LEUD,LUDE,LURE,RADE,RALE,READ,REAL,REDD,RUDD,RUDE,RUED,RULE,UDAL,URDE,UREA,

3-letter words (47 found)

ADD,ALE,ALF,ALU,ARD,ARE,ARF,AUE,AUF,DAD,DAE,DAL,DEF,DEL,DUD,DUE,EAR,EAU,ELD,ELF,ERA,ERF,FAD,FAE,FAR,FED,FER,FEU,FLU,FRA,FUD,FUR,LAD,LAR,LEA,LED,LEU,LUD,LUR,RAD,RED,REF,RUD,RUE,ULE,URD,URE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AE,AL,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EF,EL,ER,FA,FE,FU,LA,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 185 words from dreadful according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dreadful

dreadful

Alternative forms

  • dreadfull
  • dredful (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dredful, dredfull, dredeful (also dreful), equivalent to dread +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛd.fʊl/

Adjective

dreadful (comparative more dreadful, superlative most dreadful)

  1. Full of something causing dread, whether
    1. Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
    2. (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
      • 1682, T. Creech's translation of Lucretius, De Natura Rerum, Book II, 52:
        Here some... Look dreadful gay in their own sparkling blood.
    3. (obsolete) Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
  2. (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
    1. Scared, afraid, frightened.
    2. Timid, easily frightened.
    3. Reverential, full of pious awe.

Adverb

dreadful (comparative more dreadful, superlative most dreadful)

  1. (informal) Dreadfully.

Usage notes

The senses of "dreadful" synonymous with "afraid" similarly use the infinitive or the preposition "of": they were dreadful to build or the boy was dreadful of his majesty. These senses are, however, now obsolete.

When used as an intensifier, "dreadful" is actually a form of the adverb "dreadfully" and thus considered informal or vulgar.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:frightening
  • See Thesaurus:bad

Derived terms

  • dreadfully
  • dreadfulness
  • something dreadful

Translations

Noun

dreadful (plural dreadfuls)

  1. A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
  2. A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
  3. A shocking or sensational crime.

Derived terms

  • penny dreadful

Further reading

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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