Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 10 letters

difficulty

Best crossword clue

"Hard part"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/Part of speech nounSorted cdffiiltuyStarts with DEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
1D2I3F4F5I6C7U8L9T10Y

Definitions

  1. an effort that is inconvenient

Word origin

From Middle English difficulte, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman difficulte and their etymon Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile and difficult. Equivalent to dis- + facile + -ty. Also analysable as difficult + -y, though the adjective is historically a backformation from the noun.

Used in a sentence

  • My mom is old and has a lot of difficulty (in) remembering all her grandchildren's names.
  • We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.
  • The difficulties of photoheliography consist principally in the rapidity with which the sun's image acts upon the sensitive film.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Hard part10 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

D_________

Related words