tried: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with T · ends with D
Meaning of tried
adj
Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
Listed forms: tryed.
Source: Wiktionary — tried.
verb
- form-of, participle, past
simple past and past participle of try
Base or related entry: try.
Listed forms: tryed.
Source: Wiktionary — tried.
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 tried.
adjective
tested and proved useful or correct
- tested
- well-tried
adjective
tested and proved to be reliable
- tested
- time-tested
- tried and true
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tried in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tried
T(1) + R(1) + I(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 tried
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from tried
32 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tried. Showing up to 24, longest first.