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ordeal
ordeal is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.
- 2noun
Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
- 3adjective
Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
- 4noun
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
- 5noun
a severe or trying experience
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