festival: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 14 letter points · starts with F · ends with L
Meaning of festival
adj
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
Listed forms: feastiuall.
Source: Wiktionary — festival.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A feast or feast day.
- countable, uncountable
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
Example: The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
- countable, uncountable
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
- Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable
Fried cornbread.
Listed forms: festivals, feastiuall.
Source: Wiktionary — festival.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is festival in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of festival
F(4) + E(1) + S(1) + T(1) + I(1) + V(4) + A(1) + L(1) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of festival
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from festival
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