painful: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with P · ends with L
Meaning of painful
adj
Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
- informal
Very bad, poor.
Example: His violin playing is painful.
Listed forms: painfuller, painfullest, painfull.
Source: Wiktionary — painful.
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 painful.
adjective
causing misery or pain or distress
adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
adjective
causing physical discomfort
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is painful in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of painful
P(3) + A(1) + I(1) + N(1) + F(4) + U(1) + L(1) = 12 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 painful
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from painful
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