What does TORTURE mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈtɔrtʃər/
- Letters
- 7
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Words With Friends score
- 8
- How common
- Common
Meaning
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
- subject to torture“The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible”
noun
- extreme mental distress
- unbearable physical pain
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain“an agony of doubt”
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason“it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
tortures8
Anagrams of TORTURE
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside TORTURE
54 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is TORTURE a valid word in word games?
TORTURE 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 TORTURE worth?
TORTURE is worth 7 points with Scrabble letter values and 8 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from TORTURE?
54 other words, including TO, OR, OUT and OUR.