dressed: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with D · ends with D
Meaning of dressed
verb
- form-of, participle, past
simple past and past participle of dress
Base or related entry: dress.
Example: The girls were dressed in green.
Source: Wiktionary — dressed.
adj
- not-comparable
Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
- not-comparable
Prepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing.
- not-comparable
Wearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word).
- in-compounds, not-comparable
Wearing a dress.
Source: Wiktionary — dressed.
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 dressed.
adjective
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
adjective
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
adjective
dressed in fancy or formal clothing
- dressed-up
- dressed to the nines
- dressed to kill
- dolled up
- spruced up
- spiffed up
- togged up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dressed in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of dressed
D(2) + R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) + E(1) + D(2) = 9 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 dressed
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 dressed
37 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in dressed. Showing up to 24, longest first.