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painful

/ˈpeɪn.fəl/•adjective

Painful is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing physical or psychological pain.

4 meanings7 lettersScrabble 12

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

FUL

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “PAINFUL” Mean?

/ˈpeɪn.fəl/

painful has 4 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

4 senses

causing physical or psychological pain

“worked with painful slowness”

causing misery or pain or distress

“it was a sore trial to him”

“the painful process of growing up”

Synonyms

afflictive sore

exceptionally bad or displeasing

“atrocious taste”

“abominable workmanship”

“an awful voice”

“dreadful manners”

Synonyms

atrocious abominable awful dreadful terrible unspeakable

causing physical discomfort

“bites of black flies are more than irritating: they can be very painful”

Synonyms

irritating

Synonyms for PAINFUL

afflictive sore atrocious abominable awful dreadful terrible unspeakable irritating

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

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

Definition

causing physical or psychological pain

Length

7 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

P, A, I, N, 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 painful.

PAINFUL is a 7-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 12.

It starts with P and ends with L.

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 43%.

It is an isogram, meaning no letter repeats.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFG.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCCVC.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

PAINFUL has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

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

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

PAINFUL can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★★☆

PAINFUL uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.

Letter Intelligence

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

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFG

CV Pattern

CVVCCVC

Vowel Share

43%

Consonant Share

57%

Bigrams

PA, AI, IN, NF, FU, UL

Trigrams

PAI, AIN, INF, NFU, FUL

Crossword Intelligence

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

PAINFUL is a 7-letter standard crossword entry.

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

It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCCVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.