evil: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with E · ends with L
Meaning of evil
adj
Intending to harm; malevolent.
Example: an evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people
Morally corrupt.
Example: If something is evil, it is never mandatory.
Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
Listed forms: eviller, eviler, evillest, evilest.
Source: Wiktionary — evil.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
Example: The evils of society include murder and theft.
- countable, uncountable
Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.
Listed forms: evils.
Source: Wiktionary — evil.
adv
- obsolete
wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- obsolete
injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- obsolete
badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
Example: It went evil with him.
Source: Wiktionary — evil.
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 evil.
adjective
having the nature of vice
adjective
having or exerting a malignant influence
noun
morally objectionable behavior
noun
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is evil in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of evil
E(1) + V(4) + I(1) + L(1) = 7 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 evil
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from evil
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in evil. Showing up to 24, longest first.