squalor

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈskwɒlə(ɹ)/ (UK)
See all 2 pronunciations
/ˈskwɒlə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈskwɑlɚ/ (US)

Definition of squalor

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
    “The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor.”
    “bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes”
    “We’re living in squalor That’s the name of this house This house is called squalor by all There’s a door broken somewhere but I never can remember quite where.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From the Latin squālor.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to squalor to make another valid word.

Find your best play with squalor

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes squalor, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.