dead: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with D · ends with D
Meaning of dead
adj
- not-comparable, usually
No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
Example: All of my grandparents are dead.
- not-comparable, usually
Devoid of living things; barren.
Example: a dead planet
- excessive, not-comparable, usually
Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
- not-comparable, usually
Utterly exhausted.
Listed forms: deader, deadest.
Source: Wiktionary — dead.
adv
- colloquial, informal, not-comparable
Exactly.
Example: dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left
- colloquial, informal, not-comparable
Very, absolutely, extremely.
Example: dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy
- not-comparable
Suddenly and completely.
Example: He stopped dead.
- informal, not-comparable
As if dead.
Example: dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still
Source: Wiktionary — dead.
noun
- often, uncountable, with-definite-article
Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
Example: the dead of night
Source: Wiktionary — dead.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for dead.
adjective
very tired
adjective
(followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
adjective
devoid of physical sensation; numb
adjective
not yielding a return
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dead in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of dead
D(2) + E(1) + A(1) + D(2) = 6 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 dead
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 dead
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in dead. Showing up to 24, longest first.