scandal: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with L
Meaning of scandal
noun
- countable, uncountable
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
Example: Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids.
- countable, uncountable
Damage to one's reputation.
Example: The incident brought considerable scandal to his family.
- countable, uncountable
Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
Example: When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.
- countable, uncountable
A word or deed, lacking in rectitude in some manner, which is an occasion of the spiritual ruin of another.
Listed forms: scandals.
Source: Wiktionary — scandal.
verb
- obsolete
To defame; to slander.
- obsolete
To scandalize; to offend.
Listed forms: scandals, scandaling, scandalling, scandaled, scandalled.
Source: Wiktionary — scandal.
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 scandal.
noun
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
- dirt
- malicious gossip
noun
a disgraceful event
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is scandal in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of scandal
S(1) + C(3) + A(1) + N(1) + D(2) + A(1) + L(1) = 10 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 scandal
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 scandal
44 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in scandal. Showing up to 24, longest first.