delightful
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- 18
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 10
/dəˈlaɪt.fl̩/
Definition of delightful
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
“What? a higher delight to be drawn from the sight / Of fish full of life and of glee? / What a noodle you are! ’tis delightfuller far / To kill them than let them go free!”
“O, Joy! quicker than fire! O, Hope of things! / O, gracious gladness mighty with delight! / O, subtle sweet, delightfuler than might! / Ah, me, no fiercer laughing unction springs / From the fair Hope of things!”
“Hon. Collier Weekly which furnish Japanese Schoolboy to public not often enough, when is his book coming out? […] That Boy is the dearest & sweetest & frankest & wisest & funniest & delightfulest & lovablest creation that has been added to our literature for a long time.”
“Congratulations on that delightful absurdity about Nimzovitch[.]”
“An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed 'to save notepaper') and enter into the delightful pastime of 'a chicken from Mr Whiteley's'.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight + -ful.
Words you can make from delightful
200+ playable · top: FLIGHTED (16 pts)
Best play flighted 16 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
28 words- FLIGHT 13 pts
- FIDGET 11 pts
- FUGLED 11 pts
- FULGID 11 pts
- GIFTED 11 pts
- GULFED 11 pts
- FILLED 10 pts
- FLITED 10 pts
- FLUTED 10 pts
- FULLED 10 pts
- HILLED 10 pts
- HILTED 10 pts
- HULLED 10 pts
- LIFTED 10 pts
- FILLET 9 pts
- FUTILE 9 pts
- GILLED 8 pts
- GUILED 8 pts
- GULLED 8 pts
- DILUTE 7 pts
- DUELLI 7 pts
- GLUTEI 7 pts
- GULLET 7 pts
- ILLUDE 7 pts
- LIGULE 7 pts
- LILTED 7 pts
- TILLED 7 pts
- TUILLE 6 pts
5-letter words
41 words- FIGHT 12 pts
- FILTH 11 pts
- THIEF 11 pts
- DIGHT 10 pts
- FIDGE 10 pts
- FUDGE 10 pts
- DELFT 9 pts
- DHUTI 9 pts
- EIGHT 9 pts
- FELID 9 pts
- FETID 9 pts
- FIELD 9 pts
- FILED 9 pts
- FLIED 9 pts
- FLUED 9 pts
- FLUID 9 pts
- FUGLE 9 pts
- LIGHT 9 pts
- TEUGH 9 pts
- FILET 8 pts
- FILLE 8 pts
- FLITE 8 pts
- FLUTE 8 pts
- LITHE 8 pts
- THILL 8 pts
- GELID 7 pts
- GLIDE 7 pts
- GLUED 7 pts
- GUIDE 7 pts
- GUILD 7 pts
- LUGED 7 pts
- GLUTE 6 pts
- GUILE 6 pts
- GUILT 6 pts
- LEGIT 6 pts
- LUTED 6 pts
- TILDE 6 pts
- TILED 6 pts
- TUILE 5 pts
- TULLE 5 pts
- UTILE 5 pts
4-letter words
78 words- HEFT 10 pts
- DEFI 8 pts
- DEFT 8 pts
- DELF 8 pts
- FEUD 8 pts
- FLED 8 pts
- GIFT 8 pts
- GULF 8 pts
- HELD 8 pts
- HIDE 8 pts
- HIED 8 pts
- HUED 8 pts
- HUGE 8 pts
- THUD 8 pts
- THUG 8 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- FELL 7 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FILE 7 pts
- FILL 7 pts
- FLIT 7 pts
- FLUE 7 pts
- FUEL 7 pts
- FULL 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HELL 7 pts
- HILL 7 pts
- HILT 7 pts
- HULL 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- LIEF 7 pts
- LIFE 7 pts
- LIFT 7 pts
- GELD 6 pts
- GIED 6 pts
- GILD 6 pts
- GLED 6 pts
- GUDE 6 pts
- GUID 6 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DELL 5 pts
- DELT 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DILL 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DUEL 5 pts
- DUET 5 pts
- DUIT 5 pts
- DULL 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- GELT 5 pts
- GILL 5 pts
- GILT 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GLUE 5 pts
- GLUT 5 pts
- GULL 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- IGLU 5 pts
- LEUD 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- LUDE 5 pts
- LUGE 5 pts
- TEGU 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- LIEU 4 pts
- LILT 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LITU 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- TELL 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TILL 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
3-letter words
47 words- FEH 9 pts
- DEF 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- DUH 7 pts
- EDH 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- FIG 7 pts
- FUD 7 pts
- FUG 7 pts
- GHI 7 pts
- GIF 7 pts
- HID 7 pts
- HUG 7 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIL 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- FLU 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIT 6 pts
- HUE 6 pts
- HUT 6 pts
- DIG 5 pts
- DUG 5 pts
- GED 5 pts
- GID 5 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUI 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- GUL 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
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