deadly: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with D · ends with Y
Meaning of deadly
adj
Causing death; lethal.
Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
Example: deadly enemies
Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
- informal
Very boring.
Listed forms: deadlier, deadliest.
Source: Wiktionary — deadly.
adv
In a way which suggests death.
Example: Her face suddenly became deadly white.
Extremely, incredibly.
- obsolete
Fatally, mortally.
Source: Wiktionary — deadly.
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 deadly.
adjective
causing or capable of causing death
adjective
of an instrument of certain death
adjective
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
adjective
involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is deadly in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of deadly
D(2) + E(1) + A(1) + D(2) + L(1) + Y(4) = 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 deadly
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from deadly
39 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in deadly. Showing up to 24, longest first.