Definition of thunderous

"thunderous" in the adjective sense

1. deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery

loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

2. thunderous

extremely ominous

"world events of thunderous import"

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Quotations for thunderous

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work. [ Theodore Parker ]

thunderous in Scrabble®

The word thunderous 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: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters thunderous:

THUNDEROUS
(135)
THUNDEROUS
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

dehorns, dehorts, detours, duteous, hornets, hunters, outruns, outrush, resound, rodents, rotunds, shorted, shorten, shouted, shouter, shunted, shunter, snorted, snouted, sounder, sutured, tenuous, thorned, throned, thrones, thunder, tonsure, undoers, undrest, unhorse, unshoed

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word thunderous

THUNDEROUS
(135)
THUNDEROUS
(135)
THUNDEROUS
(90)
THUNDEROUS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In thunderous

THUNDEROUS
(135)
THUNDEROUS
(135)
SHOUTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
THRONED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHORTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEHORTS
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THUNDER
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SHUNTED
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THORNED
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UNSHOED
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DEHORNS
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UNSHOED
(95 = 45 + 50)
THRONED
(94 = 44 + 50)
DEHORTS
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THORNED
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THUNDER
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SHOUTED
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SHUNTED
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHORTED
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DEHORNS
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UNSHOED
(94 = 44 + 50)
UNHORSE
(92 = 42 + 50)
HUNTERS
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OUTRUSH
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THRONES
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SHORTEN
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SHUNTER
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SHOUTER
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HORNETS
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HORNETS
(90 = 40 + 50)
THRONES
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SHORTEN
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OUTRUSH
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UNHORSE
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HUNTERS
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THUNDEROUS
(90)
THUNDEROUS
(90)
SHUNTER
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SHOUTER
(90 = 40 + 50)
UNSHOED
(89 = 39 + 50)
THUNDER
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THRONED
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SHOUTED
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DEHORNS
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DEHORTS
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THORNED
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SHORTED
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SHUNTED
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SHORTED
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DEHORNS
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SHOUTED
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THORNED
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THUNDER
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SHUNTED
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THORNED
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEHORNS
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THORNED
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SHORTEN
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DEHORNS
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THORNED
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SHOUTED
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SHUNTER
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UNSHOED
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SHUNTED
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UNSHOED
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UNSHOED
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DEHORTS
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THUNDER
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THRONES
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SHUNTED
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HUNTERS
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UNHORSE
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SHOUTER
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THRONES
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THUNDER
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THRONES
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UNHORSE
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UNHORSE
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thunderous in Words With Friends™

The word thunderous 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: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters thunderous:

THUNDEROUS
(198)
THUNDEROUS
(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

dehorns, dehorts, detours, duteous, hornets, hunters, outruns, outrush, resound, rodents, rotunds, shorted, shorten, shouted, shouter, shunted, shunter, snorted, snouted, sounder, sutured, tenuous, thorned, throned, thrones, thunder, tonsure, undoers, undrest, unhorse, unshoed

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word thunderous

THUNDEROUS
(198)
THUNDEROUS
(198)
THUNDEROUS
(120)
THUNDEROUS
(108)
THUNDEROUS
(78)
THUNDEROUS
(76)
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(72)
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(64)
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(20)
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(20)
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(19)
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(19)
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(19)
THUNDEROUS
(19)
THUNDEROUS
(18)

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

THUNDEROUS
(198)
THUNDEROUS
(198)
THUNDEROUS
(120)
THUNDEROUS
(108)
THUNDER
(101 = 66 + 35)
SHUNTED
(101 = 66 + 35)
UNSHOED
(101 = 66 + 35)
SHUNTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
HUNTERS
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UNHORSE
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SHOUTED
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DEHORNS
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OUTRUSH
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SHOUTER
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DEHORTS
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UNSHOED
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THRONED
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THORNED
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THORNED
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THRONED
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THUNDER
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UNSHOED
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SHUNTED
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SHUNTED
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THUNDER
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THUNDER
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SHORTEN
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RESOUND
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UNDOERS
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THUNDER
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SUTURED
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THRONES
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UNSHOED
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TENUOUS
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UNSHOED
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SNOUTED
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UNSHOED
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UNDREST
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ROTUNDS
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SHUNTED
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HORNETS
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SHORTED
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SHUNTED
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SHUNTER
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HUNTERS
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UNHORSE
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DEHORNS
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OUTRUSH
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THORNED
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SHOUTED
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SHOUTED
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HUNTERS
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SHUNTER
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SHUNTER
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THRONED
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THUNDER
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DUTEOUS
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RESOUND
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UNSHOED
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THUNDER
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SHOUTER
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OUTRUNS
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THRONES
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THUNDER
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SHUNTED
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THUNDEROUS
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Words within the letters of thunderous

2 letter words in thunderous (16 words)

9 letter words in thunderous (3 words)

10 letter words in thunderous (1 word)

thunderous + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence thunderous

Words that start with thunderous (3 words)

Words with thunderous in them (1 word)

Words that end with thunderous (1 word)

Word Growth involving thunderous

Shorter words in thunderous

un under thunder

us

Longer words containing thunderous

thunderously

thunderousness