Definitions For Ordeal

noun

  • A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
  • A severe or trying experience
  • An experience that is very unpleasant or difficult

Is Ordeals a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
9

The word Ordeal is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Ordeal in a Sentence

  • The hikers were finally rescued after a three-day ordeal in the wilderness

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