terror: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 6 letter points · starts with T · ends with R
Meaning of terror
noun
- countable, uncountable
Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- uncountable
The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
- countable
Something or someone that causes such fear.
- uncountable
Terrorism.
Example: a terror attack
Listed forms: terrors, terrour.
Source: Wiktionary — terror.
adj
- Philippines, slang
A strict teacher who fails most of the students.
Example: I have a terror math teacher.
Listed forms: terrour.
Source: Wiktionary — terror.
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 terror.
noun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
noun
a person who inspires fear or dread
noun
a very troublesome child
- brat
- little terror
- holy terror
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is terror in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of terror
T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + R(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 6 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 terror
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 terror
20 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in terror. Showing up to 24, longest first.