direful
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of direful
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Fearful, terrible.
“I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]”
“read what destiny / Or other dyrefull hap from heaven or hell / Hath wrought this wicked deed […].”
“"As whence the sun gins his reflection, shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From dire + -ful.
Words you can make from direful
98 playable · top: FURLED (10 pts)
Best play furled 10 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
36 words- DEFI 8 pts
- DELF 8 pts
- FEUD 8 pts
- FLED 8 pts
- FILE 7 pts
- FIRE 7 pts
- FLIR 7 pts
- FLUE 7 pts
- FUEL 7 pts
- FURL 7 pts
- LIEF 7 pts
- LIFE 7 pts
- REIF 7 pts
- RIFE 7 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- DIRE 5 pts
- DIRL 5 pts
- DUEL 5 pts
- DURE 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- IRED 5 pts
- LEUD 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- LUDE 5 pts
- RIDE 5 pts
- RUDE 5 pts
- RUED 5 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIEU 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- DEF 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- FUD 7 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIL 6 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- FLU 6 pts
- FUR 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- RIF 6 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUI 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- LID 4 pts
- LUD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- RID 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
2-letter words
10 wordsFind your best play with direful
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