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dreadful

/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl/•adjective

Dreadful is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing fear or dread or terror.

3 meanings8 lettersScrabble 13

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

FUL

Difficulty

Hard

Dictionary

What Does “DREADFUL” Mean?

/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl/

dreadful has 3 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

3 senses

causing fear or dread or terror

“the awful war”

“an awful risk”

“dire news”

“a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”

Synonyms

awful dire direful dread dreaded fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible

exceptionally bad or displeasing

“atrocious taste”

“abominable workmanship”

“an awful voice”

“dreadful manners”

Synonyms

atrocious abominable awful painful terrible unspeakable

extremely disagreeable and unpleasant

“don't go out, the weather is dreadful”

Synonyms for DREADFUL

awful dire direful dread dreaded fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible atrocious

Scrabble Score

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Consonants

Word Intelligence

Explore the word dreadful with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

causing fear or dread or terror

Length

8 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

D, R, E, A, D, F, U, L

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for dreadful.

DREADFUL is a 8-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 13.

It starts with D and ends with L.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 38%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDAEFG.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CCVVCCVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using dreadful in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

DREADFUL has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

DREADFUL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

DREADFUL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

DREADFUL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside dreadful.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDAEFG

CV Pattern

CCVVCCVC

Vowel Share

38%

Consonant Share

62%

Bigrams

DR, RE, EA, AD, DF, FU, UL

Trigrams

DRE, REA, EAD, ADF, DFU, FUL

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for dreadful.

DREADFUL is a 8-letter longer themed answer.

It starts with D and ends with L, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CCVVCCVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.