What ILL Means
- adjective: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function“ill from the monotony of his suffering”
- adjective: resulting in suffering or adversity“ill effects”
- adverb: (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well“he was ill prepared”
- adverb: unfavorably or with disapproval“tried not to speak ill of the dead”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ILL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 L1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In ILL
1 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
2 letter words (1)
Longer Words Containing ILL
ILL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ACHILLEAACHILLEASAIGUILLEAIGUILLESAMPICILLINANCILLAANCILLAEANCILLARYANCILLASANDOUILLEANDOUILLESANTHILLANTHILLSANTIPILLANVILLEDANVILLINGAPOSTILLEAPOSTILLESAPPERILLAPPERILLSARGILLITEARGILLITESARGILLITICARILLARYARILLATEARILLATEDARILLIARILLODEARILLODESARILLOIDARILLUSARMADILLOARMADILLOSARMILLAARMILLAEARMILLARIAARMILLARYARMILLASARPILLERAARPILLERAS
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