Boredom
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
The state of feeling restless and lacking stimulation due to tedious or uninteresting circumstances.
“She rearranged the bookshelves just to relieve the boredom of a rainy Sunday afternoon.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈbɔː.dəm/
Syllables
bore·dom
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Wordle
Starts with BORE and ends in -DOM, the M at the end helps narrow guesses in the final position
Scrabble
M scores 3 and D scores 2, a solid 7-letter word with decent tile value and familiar letter pattern
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