baneful
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
Definition of baneful
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
-
(archaic)Poisonous, deadly.
“[S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.”
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adj
-
(archaic)Poisonous, deadly.
“[S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.”
-
Harmful, injurious.
“This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […]”
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Etymology
From bane + -ful.
Words you can make from baneful
78 playable · top: FABLE (10 pts)
Best play fable 10 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
1 word4-letter words
31 words- FLAB 9 pts
- FLUB 9 pts
- ALEF 7 pts
- ENUF 7 pts
- FANE 7 pts
- FAUN 7 pts
- FEAL 7 pts
- FLAN 7 pts
- FLEA 7 pts
- FLUE 7 pts
- FUEL 7 pts
- LEAF 7 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEAU 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BLUE 6 pts
- BUNA 6 pts
- LUBE 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- UNBE 6 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LUNA 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- ULAN 4 pts
- ULNA 4 pts
3-letter words
26 words2-letter words
16 wordsFind your best play with baneful
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