difficult: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 18 letter points · starts with D · ends with T
Meaning of difficult
adj
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
Example: difficult of accomplishment
- often
Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Example: Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.
- obsolete
Unable or unwilling.
Source: Wiktionary — difficult.
verb
- obsolete, transitive
To make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex.
Listed forms: difficults, difficulting, difficulted.
Source: Wiktionary — difficult.
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 difficult.
adjective
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
adjective
hard to control
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is difficult in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of difficult
D(2) + I(1) + F(4) + F(4) + I(1) + C(3) + U(1) + L(1) + T(1) = 18 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 difficult
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 difficult
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