scared
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/skɛəd/
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/skɛəd/ · /skɛ(ə)ɹd/ · [skɛɚd] · /skeːd/ · /skeəd/ · /skiəd/ · /skeɹd/ · /skɜː(ɹ)d/
Definition of scared
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
“I’m scared I’ll miss the train.”
“I got scared silly.”
“The child was really scared of the dark.”
“Residents of Sihu Township in the central county of Yunlin were left scared and angry after hundreds of dead geese were found dumped in an irrigation channel Tuesday, inciting a minor panic as avian flu continues to spread throughout the country.”
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adj
-
Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
“I’m scared I’ll miss the train.”
“I got scared silly.”
“The child was really scared of the dark.”
“Residents of Sihu Township in the central county of Yunlin were left scared and angry after hundreds of dead geese were found dumped in an irrigation channel Tuesday, inciting a minor panic as avian flu continues to spread throughout the country.”
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of scare
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From scare + -ed.
Words you can make from scared
88 playable · top: CADRES (9 pts)
Best play cadres 9 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
30 words- ACED 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CADS 7 pts
- CARD 7 pts
- CRED 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- SCAD 7 pts
- ACES 6 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- ARCS 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARS 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- SCAR 6 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- RADS 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REDS 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SARD 5 pts
- ARES 4 pts
- ARSE 4 pts
- EARS 4 pts
- ERAS 4 pts
- RASE 4 pts
- SEAR 4 pts
- SERA 4 pts
3-letter words
23 words2-letter words
10 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 front
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