ill: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 3 letter points · starts with I · ends with L
Meaning of ill
adj
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Example: He suffered from ill treatment.
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
Example: ill manners; ill will
Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
Example: mentally ill people
Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.
Example: Seeing those pictures made me ill.
Listed forms: iller, illest.
Source: Wiktionary — ill.
adv
Not well; imperfectly, badly
Source: Wiktionary — ill.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
Example: Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.
- countable, uncountable
Harm or injury.
Example: I wouldn't want you to do me ill.
- countable, uncountable
Evil; moral wrongfulness.
- countable, uncountable
A physical ailment; an illness.
Example: I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.
Listed forms: ills.
Source: Wiktionary — ill.
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 ill.
adjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
adjective
presaging ill fortune
noun
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
adverb
(‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ill in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ill
I(1) + L(1) + L(1) = 3 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 ill
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 ill
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ill. Showing up to 24, longest first.