hell: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with H · ends with L
Meaning of hell
noun
- countable, excessive, figuratively
A place or situation of great suffering in life.
Example: My new boss is making my job a hell.
- countable
A place for gambling.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
An extremely hot place.
Example: You don’t have a snowball's chance in hell.
- countable, mildly, uncountable, vulgar
Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
Example: I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.
Listed forms: hells.
Source: Wiktionary — hell.
intj
- colloquial, sometimes, vulgar
Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.
Example: Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket.
- colloquial, idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar
Used to emphasize.
Example: Hell yeah!
- colloquial, sometimes, vulgar
Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but.
Example: Do it, or, rest assured, there will be no more Middle Eastern crisis – hell, there will be no more Middle East!
Source: Wiktionary — hell.
adv
- alt-of, alternative, colloquial, not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes, vulgar
Alternative form of the hell or like hell.
Base or related entry: the hell or like hell.
- Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar
Very; used to emphasize strongly.
Example: That was hell good!
Source: Wiktionary — hell.
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 hell.
noun
any place of pain and turmoil
noun
a cause of difficulty and suffering
noun
noisy and unrestrained mischief
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hell in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hell
H(4) + E(1) + L(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 hell
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 hell
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hell. Showing up to 24, longest first.