trial

trial is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of trying or testing in any manner. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of trying or testing in any manner.
2. noun. Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
3. noun. The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
4. noun. Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
5. noun. The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.
6. noun. That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.
7. noun. The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.
8. noun. the act of testing something

   "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"

   "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"

   Synonyms: run, test

9. noun. the act of undergoing testing

   "he survived the great test of battle"

   "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

   Synonyms: test

10. noun. (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law

    "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"

    "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"

11. noun. trying something to find out about it

    "a sample for ten days free trial"

    "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

    Synonyms: test, tryout

12. noun. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

    "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"

    "life is full of tribulations"

    Synonyms: tribulation, visitation

13. noun. (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications

    "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"

Synonyms

run, test, tryout, tribulation, visitation

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in trial:

litra, trail

Common word forms

trials, trialed, trialing, triality

Words from these letters

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