disaster: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 9 letter points · starts with D · ends with R
Meaning of disaster
noun
- countable, uncountable
An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
Example: People would suffer disasters when society's morality degenerates.
- countable, uncountable
An unfortunate or unpleasant occurrence, especially one resulting from an accident or something going wrong.
- countable, uncountable
An wholly unsatisfactory result caused by something going wrong or being done poorly; a flop or failure.
Example: the cake was a disaster.
- countable, uncountable
A skateboard trick involving a 180-degree ollie, landing on the center of the board with the front trucks facing towards the ramp and the back trucks over the lip. The skater then leans forwards to return in the ramp.
Listed forms: disasters, disastre.
Source: Wiktionary — disaster.
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 disaster.
noun
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
noun
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is disaster in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of disaster
D(2) + I(1) + S(1) + A(1) + S(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(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 disaster
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from disaster
267 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in disaster. Showing up to 24, longest first.