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terrible

/ˈtɛ.ɹə.bl̩/•adjective

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

4 meanings8 lettersScrabble 10

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

BLE

Difficulty

Hard

Dictionary

What Does “TERRIBLE” Mean?

/ˈtɛ.ɹə.bl̩/

terrible has 4 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

4 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 dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific

exceptionally bad or displeasing

“atrocious taste”

“abominable workmanship”

“an awful voice”

“dreadful manners”

Synonyms

atrocious abominable awful dreadful painful unspeakable

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

“severe pain”

“a severe case of flu”

“a terrible cough”

“under wicked fire from the enemy's guns”

Synonyms

severe wicked

extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

“in a frightful hurry”

“spent a frightful amount of money”

Synonyms

frightful awful tremendous

Synonyms for TERRIBLE

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

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word terrible 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

T, E, R, R, I, B, L, E

Use Case

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

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for terrible.

TERRIBLE is a 8-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 10.

It starts with T and ends with E.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 38%.

It has 2 repeated letters.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCCDEFB.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCCVCCV.

Word Strategy

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

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

TERRIBLE has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

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

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

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

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

TERRIBLE 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 terrible.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCCDEFB

CV Pattern

CVCCVCCV

Vowel Share

38%

Consonant Share

62%

Bigrams

TE, ER, RR, RI, IB, BL, LE

Trigrams

TER, ERR, RRI, RIB, IBL, BLE

Crossword Intelligence

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

TERRIBLE is a 8-letter longer themed answer.

It starts with T and ends with E, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCCVCCV.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.