cancelled: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 14 letter points · starts with C · ends with D
Meaning of cancelled
verb
- form-of, participle, past
simple past and past participle of cancel
Base or related entry: cancel.
Example: The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.
Listed forms: canceled.
Source: Wiktionary — cancelled.
adj
- not-comparable
No longer planned or scheduled.
Example: The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans.
- not-comparable
Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.
Example: Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.
- not-comparable
Socially censured in a way expected to be durable rather than transient. Or, otherwise a permanent and irrevocable state of social isolation, esp. from interactive media.
Example: On the question of rehabilitation for cancelled celebrities, the nature of the offence is relevant: a bad day is different from a life of abusive crime.
Listed forms: canceled.
Source: Wiktionary — cancelled.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
(of events) no longer planned or scheduled
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cancelled in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Not found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cancelled
C(3) + A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) + L(1) + L(1) + E(1) + D(2) = 14 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of cancelled
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from cancelled
93 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cancelled. Showing up to 24, longest first.