complicated: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 20 letter points · starts with C · ends with D
Meaning of complicated
adj
Difficult or convoluted.
Example: It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Source: Wiktionary — complicated.
verb
- form-of, participle, past
simple past and past participle of complicate
Base or related entry: complicate.
Example: The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
Source: Wiktionary — complicated.
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
difficult to analyze or understand
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of complicated
C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + P(3) + L(1) + I(1) + C(3) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) + D(2) = 20 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 complicated
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 complicated
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