dangerous: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 11 letter points · starts with D · ends with S
Meaning of dangerous
adj
Full of danger.
Example: Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
- colloquial, dated
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Listed forms: dangerouser, dangerousest, daungerous.
Source: Wiktionary — dangerous.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for dangerous.
adjective
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dangerous in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of dangerous
D(2) + A(1) + N(1) + G(2) + E(1) + R(1) + O(1) + U(1) + S(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of dangerous
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from dangerous
482 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in dangerous. Showing up to 24, longest first.