7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
adjective (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
originEtymology tree English fell Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English fellest From fell + -est.
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