Definition of disaster

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• disaster is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• disaster is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• disaster is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of disaster

• a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune (noun)

  Examples

  1. his policies were a disaster

  Synonyms

  1. catastrophe
• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune (noun)

  Examples

  1. the earthquake was a disaster

  Synonyms

  1. calamity
  2. cataclysm
  3. catastrophe
  4. tragedy
• an act that has disastrous consequences (noun)

See definition of disaster in Merriam Webster