Festival

8 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

A day or period of celebration, typically for religious reasons, or an organized series of concerts, plays, or films. A special event featuring entertainment.

“The music festival attracted thousands of visitors from around the world.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈfɛstɪv(ə)l/

Syllables

fes·ti·val

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Synonyms

celebration event carnival fair

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Wordle

Eight letters with -VAL ending; contains three vowels E, I, A

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Scrabble

Worth 14 points; the F and V provide strong scoring potential

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Words you can make from Festival

Shorter words formed from the letters in “festival”.

itself aisle alefs aleft alfet aliet alife alifs alist alite alive astel avile elias elvis evils fails faits false fasti fates fatil favel feast

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Longer words starting with Festival

Words that begin with “festival”.

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