Worse
/wɜːs/
adjective
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
"Abducting children is bad for mothers."
- Not suitable or fitting.
"Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?"
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
"It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full."
- Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
"Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans."
- Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
"I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state."
adjective
- Evil; wicked (of people).
- Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
- Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
"He suffered from ill treatment."
- Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
"ill manners; ill will"
- Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
"I've been ill with the flu for the past few days."
adverb
- Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
noun
verb
- To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Worse"
Worse is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "worse" can be rearranged to form 4 other valid words.
Using "Worse" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "worse" is a low-scoring word.