What does DIFFICULTY mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈdɪfəkəlti/
Letters
10
Scrabble score
22
Words With Friends score
24
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. an effort that is inconvenient“I went to a lot of trouble”
  2. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result“serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent”
  3. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome“grappling with financial difficulties”
  4. the quality of being difficult“they agreed about the difficulty of the climb”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

difficulties21

Anagrams of DIFFICULTY

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside DIFFICULTY

69 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

difficult18 cliff13 fifty14 fluid9 lucid8city9 cuff12cult6 duct7duff11duly8duty8 lift7 tidy8cut5 dui4fil6fit6 flu6 fly9 icy8lid4 lit3 til3id3 if5it2li2 ti2 ut2

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Questions

Is DIFFICULTY a valid word in word games?

DIFFICULTY is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is DIFFICULTY worth?

DIFFICULTY is worth 22 points with Scrabble letter values and 24 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from DIFFICULTY?

69 other words, including IT, IF, CITY and CUT.