Definition of thankful

"thankful" in the adjective sense

1. grateful, thankful

feeling or showing gratitude

"a grateful heart"

"grateful for the tree's shade"

"a thankful smile"

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Quotations for thankful

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.
A grateful mind is a great mind. [ Seeker ]

Our rural ancestors, with little blest,
Patient of labor when the end was rest,
Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,
With feasts, and offerings, and a thankful strain. [ Pope ]

Nothing more thankful than pride when complied with. [ Proverb ]

Be thankful for your ennui; it is your last mark of manhood. [ Carlyle ]

Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience. [ Izaak Walton ]

The good-finder (if such a barbaric sounding word may be used), is thankful for whatever comes. [ Ossian Lang ]

He was a kind and thankful toad, whose heart dilated in proportion as his skin was filled with good cheer; and whose spirits rose with eating, as some men's do with drink. [ Washington Irving ]

We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things that are difficult to be known are not necessary. [ Epicurus ]

Receive with a thankful hand every hour that God may have granted you, and defer not the comforts of life to another year; that in whatever place you are, you may say you have lived agreeably. [ Horace ]

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. There are three requisitions to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings, - a thankful reflection on the goodness of the Giver, a deep sense of our unworthiness, a recollection of the uncertainty of long possessing them. The first would make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate. [ Hannah More ]

thankful in Scrabble®

The word thankful 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: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters thankful:

THANKFUL
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

tankful

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word thankful

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In thankful

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thankful in Words With Friends™

The word thankful 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 thankful:

THANKFUL
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

tankful

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word thankful

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In thankful

THANKFUL
(180)
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(128 = 93 + 35)
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Words within the letters of thankful

2 letter words in thankful (10 words)

3 letter words in thankful (13 words)

5 letter words in thankful (6 words)

6 letter words in thankful (2 words)

7 letter words in thankful (1 word)

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thankful + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence thankful

Words that start with thankful (4 words)

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