Definition of ineffable

"ineffable" in the adjective sense

1. indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable

defying expression or description

"indefinable yearnings"

"indescribable beauty"

"ineffable ecstasy"

"inexpressible anguish"

"unspeakable happiness"

"unutterable contempt"

"a thing of untellable splendor"

2. ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable

too sacred to be uttered

"the ineffable name of the Deity"

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Quotations for ineffable

Lovers have an ineffable instinct which detects the presence of rivals. [ Bulwer ]

Words are but poor interpreters in the realms of emotion. When all words end, music begins; when they suggest, it realises; and hence the secret of its strange, ineffable power. [ H. R. Haweis ]

Samuel Gardner was blind in one eye and in a moment of confusion he stepped out of a receiving and discharging door in one of the warehouses into the ineffable glories of the celestial sphere. [ Epitaph ]

Lover, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother: in those six words lies what the human heart contains of the sweetest, the most ecstatic, the most sacred, the purest, and the most ineffable. [ Massias ]

ineffable in Scrabble®

The word ineffable is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters ineffable:

INEFFABLE
(189)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word ineffable

INEFFABLE
(189)
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(162)
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(126)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In ineffable

INEFFABLE
(189)
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(162)
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(126)
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(108)
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(84)
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(68)
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(51)
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ineffable in Words With Friends™

The word ineffable is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters ineffable:

INEFFABLE
(270)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word ineffable

INEFFABLE
(270)
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(168)
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(132)
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(108)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ineffable

INEFFABLE
(270)
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(168)
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(132)
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(108)
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(96)
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(56)
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
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(52)
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(48)
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Words within the letters of ineffable

2 letter words in ineffable (11 words)

5 letter words in ineffable (5 words)

6 letter words in ineffable (8 words)

9 letter words in ineffable (1 word)

Words containing the sequence ineffable

Words that start with ineffable (1 word)

Words with ineffable in them (1 word)

Words that end with ineffable (1 word)

Word Growth involving ineffable

Shorter words in ineffable

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Longer words containing ineffable

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