Scrabble & Words with friends points
- bad is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- bad is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- bad is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of bad
- with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') (adverb)
Examples
- the injury hurt badly
- the buildings were badly shaken
- it hurts bad
- we need water bad
Synonyms
- badly
- that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency (noun)
Examples
- take the bad with the good
Synonyms
- badness
- very intense (adjective)
Examples
- a bad headache
- had a big (or bad) shock
- a bad earthquake
- a bad storm
Synonyms
- big
- not capable of being collected (adjective)
Examples
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
Synonyms
- uncollectible
- reproduced fraudulently (adjective)
Examples
- like a bad penny...
Synonyms
- forged
- physically unsound or diseased (adjective)
Examples
- has a bad back
- a bad heart
- bad teeth
Synonyms
- unfit
- unsound
- not working properly (adjective)
Examples
- a bad telephone connection
Synonyms
- defective
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone (adjective)
Examples
- he felt bad about breaking the vase
Synonyms
- regretful
- sorry
- not financially safe or secure (adjective)
Examples
- a bad investment
Synonyms
- high-risk
- risky
- speculative
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') (adjective)
Examples
- my throat feels bad
- she felt bad all over
Synonyms
- tough
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition (adjective)
Examples
- bad meat
Synonyms
- spoiled
- spoilt
- very much; strongly (adverb)
Examples
- I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it
- the cables had sagged badly
- they were badly in need of help
- he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it
Synonyms
- badly
- below average in quality or performance (adjective)
Examples
- a bad chess player
- a bad recital
- capable of harming (adjective)
Examples
- bad air
- smoking is bad for you
- characterized by wickedness or immorality (adjective)
Examples
- led a very bad life
- having undesirable or negative qualities (adjective)
Examples
- a bad report card
- his sloppy appearance made a bad impression
- a bad little boy
- clothes in bad shape
- a bad cut
- bad luck
- the news was very bad
- the reviews were bad
- the pay is bad
- it was a bad light for reading
- the movie was a bad choice
- nonstandard (adjective)
Examples
- so-called bad grammar
See definition of bad in Merriam Webster