tired: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with T · ends with D
Meaning of tired
verb
- form-of, participle, past
simple past and past participle of tire
Base or related entry: tire.
Source: Wiktionary — tired.
adj
In need of some rest or sleep.
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
Example: I'm tired of this
Overused, cliché.
Example: a tired song
Old and worn.
Example: a tired-looking hotel room
Listed forms: tireder, tiredest.
Source: Wiktionary — tired.
adj
- alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Alternative form of tyred.
Base or related entry: tyred.
Source: Wiktionary — tired.
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 tired.
adjective
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- banal
- commonplace
- hackneyed
- old-hat
- shopworn
- stock
- threadbare
- timeworn
- trite
- well-worn
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tired in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tired
T(1) + I(1) + R(1) + E(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 tired
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from tired
32 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tired. Showing up to 24, longest first.