severity

NOUN /sɪ'vɛrɪti/
8 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S

severity is a valid 8-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1E1V4E1R1I1T1Y4
1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING

What does severity mean?

NOUN · 4 SENSES
1

Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.

SYNONYMS
BADNESSSEVERENESS
BROADER
INTENSIVENESSINTENSITY
NARROWER
RAININESSFOULNESSSERIOUSNESSDISTRESSFULNESS
RELATED
SEVERE
2

Excessive sternness.

“severity of character”

SYNONYMS
HARDNESSHARSHNESSINCLEMENCYRIGORRIGOROUSNESSRIGOURRIGOUROUSNESSSEVERENESS
BROADER
STERNNESSSTRICTNESS
RELATED
SEVERE
3

Something hard to endure.

SYNONYMS
ASPERITYGRIMNESSHARDSHIPRIGORRIGOROUSNESSRIGOURRIGOUROUSNESSSEVERENESS
BROADER
DIFFICULTNESSDIFFICULTY
NARROWER
STERNNESS
4

Extreme plainness.

SYNONYMS
AUSTERENESSSEVERENESS
BROADER
PLAINNESS