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Is needful a Scrabble word?

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

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Is needful a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1E1E1D2F4U1L1

Is needful a Words With Friends word?

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

N2E1E1D2F4U2L2

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7-letter words (1 found)

NEEDFUL,

6-letter words (3 found)

DEFUEL,FUELED,UNFEED,

5-letter words (9 found)

ELFED,ELUDE,ENDUE,FEUED,FLUED,NEELD,UNDEE,UNFED,UNLED,

4-letter words (27 found)

DEEN,DELE,DELF,DENE,DUEL,DULE,DUNE,ENUF,FEED,FEEL,FEEN,FEND,FEUD,FLED,FLEE,FLUE,FUEL,FUND,LEDE,LEED,LEND,LEUD,LUDE,LUNE,NEED,NUDE,UNDE,

3-letter words (28 found)

DEE,DEF,DEL,DEN,DUE,DUN,EEL,EEN,ELD,ELF,END,ENE,FED,FEE,FEN,FEU,FLU,FUD,FUN,LED,LEE,LEU,LUD,LUN,NED,NEE,NEF,ULE,

2-letter words (11 found)

DE,ED,EE,EF,EL,EN,FE,FU,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from needful according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of needful

needful

Alternative forms

  • nedefull, needfull

Etymology

From Middle English needeful, nedeful, from Old English nēodful (“necessary; earnest; zealous”). Equivalent to need +‎ -ful. Cognate with Dutch noodvol, German notvoll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːdfəl/
  • Hyphenation: need‧ful

Adjective

needful (comparative more needful, superlative most needful)

  1. Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable.
    Antonym: needless
  2. (archaic) Needy; in need.

Derived terms

  • needfully
  • needfulness

Noun

needful (plural needfuls)

  1. (slang) Ready money; wherewithal.
  2. (India, chiefly archaic in other dialects) Anything necessary or requisite.

Usage notes

Commonly found in phrases such as "kindly do the needful", which occurs commonly in Indian English but is held as archaic in other dialects. Global interactions between English speakers have to some extent led to these phrases being seen as stereotypical of Indian English and parodied by speakers of other dialects.

Derived terms

  • do the needful

Anagrams

  • Neufeld

Source: wiktionary.org