horror: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with H · ends with R
Meaning of horror
noun
- countable, uncountable
An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- countable, uncountable
Something horrible; that which excites horror.
Example: I saw many horrors during the war.
- countable, uncountable
Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- uncountable
A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
Listed forms: horrors, horrour.
Source: Wiktionary — horror.
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 horror.
noun
intense aversion
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is horror in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of horror
H(4) + O(1) + R(1) + R(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of horror
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from horror
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