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Is hideous a Scrabble word?

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

H4I1D2E1O1U1S1

Is hideous a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4I1D2E1O1U1S1

Is hideous a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hideous is a Words With Friends word. The word hideous is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3I1D2E1O1U2S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

HIDEOUS,

6-letter words (2 found)

HOISED,HOUSED,

5-letter words (13 found)

DESHI,DOSEH,DOUSE,EIDOS,HEIDS,HIDES,HOIED,HOISE,HOSED,HOUSE,SHIED,SHOED,SIDHE,

4-letter words (40 found)

DESI,DEUS,DIES,DISH,DOES,DOHS,DOSE,DOSH,DUES,DUOS,DUSH,EDHS,EISH,EUOI,HEID,HIDE,HIED,HIES,HODS,HOED,HOES,HOIS,HOSE,HUED,HUES,HUIS,HUSO,IDES,ODES,OHED,OUDS,SHED,SHOD,SHOE,SIDE,SIDH,SUED,SUID,UDOS,USED,

3-letter words (50 found)

DEI,DIE,DIS,DOE,DOH,DOS,DSO,DUE,DUH,DUI,DUO,EDH,EDS,EHS,HES,HID,HIE,HIS,HOD,HOE,HOI,HOS,HUE,HUI,IDE,IDS,IOS,ISH,ISO,ODE,ODS,OES,OHS,OIS,OSE,OUD,OUS,SED,SEI,SHE,SHO,SOD,SOH,SOU,SUD,SUE,SUI,UDO,UDS,USE,

2-letter words (23 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,EH,ES,HE,HI,HO,ID,IO,IS,OD,OE,OH,OI,OS,OU,SH,SI,SO,UH,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 130 words from hideous according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hideous

hideous

Etymology

From Middle English hidous, from Anglo-Norman hidous, from Old French hideus, hydus (“that which inspires terror”), from earlier hisdos, from Old French hisda (“horror, fear”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Probably from Proto-West Germanic *agisiþu (“horror, terror”), from Proto-West Germanic *agisōn (“to frighten, terrorise”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to frighten”). Cognate with Old High German egisa, egidī (“horror”), Old English egesa (“fear, dread”), Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis, “fear, terror”).

Alternative etymology cites possible derivation from Latin hispidosus (“rugged”), from hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is less plausible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪd.i.əs/

Adjective

hideous (comparative more hideous, superlative most hideous)

  1. Extremely or shockingly ugly.
  2. Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound.
  3. Hateful; shocking.
  4. Morally offensive; shocking; detestable.

Synonyms

  • frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, dreadful, terrible

Derived terms

  • hideosity
  • hideously
  • hideousness

Collocations

Translations

Middle English

Adjective

hideous

  1. Alternative form of hidous (“terrifying”)

Source: wiktionary.org