suffering: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 16 letter points · starts with S · ends with G
Meaning of suffering
adj
Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
Source: Wiktionary — suffering.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
Listed forms: sufferings.
Source: Wiktionary — suffering.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of suffer
Base or related entry: suffer.
Source: Wiktionary — suffering.
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 suffering.
adjective
very unhappy; full of misery
noun
a state of acute pain
noun
misery resulting from affliction
noun
psychological suffering
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is suffering in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of suffering
S(1) + U(1) + F(4) + F(4) + E(1) + R(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 16 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 suffering
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 suffering
202 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in suffering. Showing up to 24, longest first.