difficulty: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 22 letter points · starts with D · ends with Y
Meaning of difficulty
noun
- countable, uncountable
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
Example: My mom is old and has a lot of difficulty (in) remembering all her grandchildren's names.
- countable, uncountable
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
Example: We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.
- countable, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable
Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
- countable, uncountable
An objection.
Listed forms: difficulties.
Source: Wiktionary — difficulty.
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 difficulty.
noun
an effort that is inconvenient
noun
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
- difficultness
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is difficulty in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of difficulty
D(2) + I(1) + F(4) + F(4) + I(1) + C(3) + U(1) + L(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 22 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 difficulty
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 difficulty
67 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in difficulty. Showing up to 24, longest first.