devil: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with D · ends with L
Meaning of devil
noun
An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
A man with red or orange skin and a pair of horns on his head, a pointed goatee, and a long tail, who carries a pitchfork, represents evil, and is portrayed to children as a boogeyman who punishes bad behavior.
The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
Example: The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
Example: Those two kids are devils in a toy store.
Listed forms: devils, davil, debbil, diuel, divel, divil, deuill, devel.
Source: Wiktionary — devil.
verb
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
To annoy or bother.
- intransitive
To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
Listed forms: devils, deviling, devilling, deviled, devilled, davil.
Source: Wiktionary — devil.
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 devil.
noun
an evil supernatural being
noun
a word used in exclamations of confusion
noun
a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
noun
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is devil in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of devil
D(2) + E(1) + V(4) + I(1) + L(1) = 9 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 devil
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from devil
28 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in devil. Showing up to 24, longest first.