Dolours

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of dolour, a poetic term for deep sorrows or painful griefs, used in British English spelling.

“The poet described the dolours of exile with unflinching emotional intensity.”

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Synonyms

sorrowsgriefsanguisheswoes

Antonyms

joyspleasures

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Wordle

Ends in -OURS, the British spelling variant, distinguishing it from the American -ORS

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Scrabble

All common tiles make DOLOURS a valid British English play with moderate rack-clearing value

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colours

Words you can make from Dolours

Shorter words formed from the letters in “dolours”.

dolors dolour drools odours dolor dolos dolus doors drool duros lodur loord lords loros lourd lours odors odour ordos orlos roods slour soldo solod

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