ill
Ill can refer to an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining. Ill is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function or unfavorably or with disapproval.
Length
3
Scrabble
3
WWF
5
Starts
IL
Ends
ILL
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “ILL” Mean?
/ɪl/
ill has 9 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb.
Adjective
5 sensesaffected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
“ill from the monotony of his suffering”
Synonyms
resulting in suffering or adversity
“ill effects”
“it's an ill wind that blows no good”
distressing
“ill manners”
“of ill repute”
indicating hostility or enmity
“you certainly did me an ill turn”
“ill feelings”
“ill will”
presaging ill fortune
“ill omens”
“ill predictions”
“{'source': 'P.B.Shelley', 'text': 'my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven'}”
“a dead and ominous silence prevailed”
Synonyms
Noun
1 senseAdverb
3 sensesunfavorably or with disapproval
“tried not to speak ill of the dead”
“thought badly of him for his lack of concern”
Synonyms
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
“we can ill afford to buy a new car just now”
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
3
Vowels
1
Consonants
2
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Definition
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Length
3 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
L
Vowels
1
Consonants
2
Letters
I, L, L
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★☆☆☆☆ILL has a Scrabble score of 3. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ILL is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆ILL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 3-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ILL contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
2
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
I
Letter Pattern
ABB
CV Pattern
VCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
IL, LL
Trigrams
ILL
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