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Definition: Dearest |
DearestNoun1. A beloved person; used as terms of endearment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dearest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Dearest Most hateful, as dearest foe. The word dear, meaning "beloved," is the Saxon deor (dear, rare); but dear, "hateful," is the Anglo-Saxon derian (to hurt), Scotch dere (to annoy). "Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven, Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio." Shakespeare: Hamlet, i.2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: DearestSynonyms: beloved (n), dear (n), honey (n), love (n), loved one (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Barter | Speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market. |
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Crosswords: Dearest |
| English words defined with "dearest": dear, devout ♦ earnest ♦ heartfelt ♦ sad ♦ Union joint. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dearest": Bridge ♦ Canary Birds ♦ Dog-cheap ♦ Head, Hydrophobia ♦ Keep Touch ♦ Latch, LOVER ♦ Mire ♦ Negro ♦ Pecans, Pilgrim ♦ TO BUG ♦ Vase. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yes, Mommy dearest. (Mommie Dearest; writing credit: Christina Crawford; Robert Getchell) Wherever you wander, wherever glorious adventures lie ahead of you, you can rest easy knowing you've a place to come home to: the dearest spot on earth, our Avonlea. (Road to Avonlea; writing credit: Heather Conkie; Suzette Couture) But don't forget, my dearest Sponge, how much your tummy shows! (James and the Giant Peach; writing credit: Karey Kirkpatrick) Remember dearest, everyone thought Jesus Christ Superstar was a stupid idea. (The Tall Guy; writing credit: Richard Curtis) Well, just one more time, then I'll go. Trust no one, my friend, no one. Not your most grateful freedman, not your most intimate friend, not the wife of your bosom, or your dearest child. (I, Claudius; writing credit: Robert Graves; Jack Pulman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nearest and Dearest (1972) His Dearest Possession (1919) Daddy Dearest (1993) Mummy Dearest 3 (1991) Dearest Enemy (1989) | |
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Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest! |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | I hear the message, but my faith is weak: miracle is faith's dearest child. |
John Ruskin | What is the cheapest to you now is likely to be the dearest to you in the end. |
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne | Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most. |
Oswald Chambers | The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I am losing all my bitterness against spoilt children, my dearest Emma. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This was the dearest of the whole list. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | He hath no friends but what are friends for fear, Which in his dearest need will fly from him. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eventually, the person with AD may not even recognize his or her nearest and dearest relatives and friends. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Tip O'Neill | I would have to say that in the Congress of the United States, some of my closest and dearest friends are across the aisle. They are republicans. It's one of the things that amazes the people of the world. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The first meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations now in progress in London marks the real beginning of our bold adventure toward the preservation of world peace, to which is bound the dearest hope of men. |
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| "Dearest" is generally used as an adjective (superlative) -- approximately 87.68% of the time. "Dearest" is used about 349 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (superlative) | 87.68% | 306 | 16,534 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.32% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Total | 100.00% | 349 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dearest": my dearest wish ♦ nearest and dearest. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "dearest": not-so-dearest. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dearest mommy | 102 |
mommie dearest | 86 |
dearest mommy movie | 27 |
dearest | 15 |
dolly dearest | 14 |
daddy dearest | 5 |
dearest dunaway faye mommie | 5 |
dearest inuyasha | 4 |
dearest mommy wav | 3 |
dearest inuyasha mp3 | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "dearest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | محبوب (agreeable, beloved, darling, dear, dearly loved, delightful, desirable, favorite, favourite, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, lover, lovey, pleasing, popular, well-beloved). (various references) | |
Chinese | 最亲爱. (various references) | |
German | teürste, liebste (donah, favorite, favourite, sweetheart). (various references) | |
Greek | φίλτατοσ (beloved). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 悲願 (Buddha's vow to save humanity, one's dearest wish). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひが" (Buddha's vow to save humanity, equinoctial week, one's dearest wish, scabies). (various references) | |
Korean | 가장 귀중한. (various references) | |
Manx | Y chree (my heart, my sweetheart), s'deyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | earestday.(various references) | |
Romanian | domniţã (princess, sweetheart). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | najbliži i najdraži (nearest and dearest). (various references) | |
Turkish | gözde (blue boy, fair boy, favorite, favourite, minion, pet, preffered), gözbebeği (apple of eye, apple of the eye, blue boy, orb, pupil, pupilar, pupilary, pupilla, pupillar, pupillary). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 6, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mia estin peristera mou teleia mou mia estin th mhtri authV eklekth estin th tekoush authV eidosan authn qugatereV kai makariousin authn basilissai kai pallakai kai ainesousin authn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quae est ista quae progreditur quasi aurora consurgens pulchra ut luna electa ut sol terribilis ut acies ordinata |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises. |
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| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 6, Verse 9 |
| Bulgarian | Но една е гълъбицата ми, съвършената ми. Тя е безподобната на майка си, отборната на родителите си; 'идяха я дъщерите, и рекоха: Блазе й! "а! цариците и наложниците, и те я похвалиха. |
| Cebuano | Ang akong salampati, ang akong ulay, usa lamang; Siya lamang usa ra gikan sa iyang inahan; Siya mao ang pinili niya niadtong nanganak kaniya. Ang mga anak nga babaye nakakita kaniya, ug nagtawag kaniya nga bulahan; Oo, ang mga reina ug ang mga puyo-puyo, ug sila nanagdayeg kaniya. |
| Chinese | 我 的 鴿 子 、 我 的 完 全 人 、 只 有 這 一 個 、 是 他 母 親 獨 " 的 ． 是 " 養 他 者 所 寶 愛 的 。 眾 女 子 見 了 、 就 稱 他 有 福 ． 王 后 妃 嬪 見 了 、 也 讚 美 他 。 |
| Croatian | Ali je samo jedna golubica moja, savršena moja, jedina u majke, izabrana u roditeljke svoje. Vidjele su je djevojke i nazvale je blaženom, a kraljice i inoèe hvale su joj izrekle. |
| Danish | Men een er hun, min Due, min rene, hun, sin Moders eneste, hun, sin Moders Kælebarn. Blev hun set af Piger, fik hun Pris, af Dronninger og Medhustruer Hyldest. |
| Dutch | Een enige is Mijn duive, Mijn volmaakte, de enige harer moeder, zij is de zuivere dergenen, die haar gebaard heeft; als de dochters haar zien, zo zullen zij haar welgelukzalig roemen, de koninginnen en de bijwijven; en zij zullen haar prijzen. |
| Finnish | yksi ainoa on minun kyyhkyseni, puhtoiseni, äitinsä ainokainen, synnyttäjänsä valio. Neitoset hänet nähdessään kiittävät hänen onneansa, kuningattaret ja sivuvaimot ylistävät häntä." |
| French | Une seule est ma colombe, ma parfaite; Elle est l`unique de sa mère, La préférée de celle qui lui donna le jour. Les jeunes filles la voient, et la disent heureuse; Les reines et les concubines aussi, et elles la louent. - |
| German | Aber eine ist meine Taube, meine Fromme, eine ist ihrer Mutter die Liebste und die Auserwählte ihrer Mutter. Da sie die Töchter sahen, priesen sie dieselbe selig; die Königinnen und Kebsweiber lobten sie. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, pa gen tankou jenn ti pijon mwen an. Li menm ase mwen renmen. Se sèl pitit fi manman l' fè. Se pitit sa a li pi renmen. Lè jenn fi yo wè l', yo di: Gade sa Bondye fè pou ou! Renn yo ak fanm kay yo menm ap fè lwanj li. |
| Hungarian | Nem tudtam, hogy az én elmém ültete engem &az én nemes népemnek díszhintajába. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | namun hanya satulah merpatiku, idamanku, anak tunggal kesayangan ibunya. Gadis-gadis melihat dan memuji dia, para permaisuri dan selir kagum padanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi seorang jua merpatiku dan kesempurnaanku, ialah anak tunggal kepada ibunya, penyuci perut orang yang telah memperanakkan dia; segala anak dara yang melihat dia itu mengatakan dia berbahagia, dan segala isteri aji dan gundikpun memuji-muji dia. |
| Italian | Ma unica è la mia colomba la mia perfetta, ella è l'unica di sua madre, la preferita della sua genitrice. L'hanno vista le giovani e l'hanno detta beata, le regine e le altre spose ne hanno intessuto le lodi. |
| Korean | 나 의 비 둘 기, 나 의 완 한 자 " 하 나 뿐 이 로 구 나 그 " 그 어 미 의 외 " 이 " 그 낳 은 자 의 귀 중 히 여 기 " 자 로 구 나 여 자 " 이 그 를 보 복 된 자 라 하 왕 후 와 비 빈 " 도 그 를 칭 찬 하 " 구 나 |
| Maori | Ko taku kukupa, ko taku mea pokekore, he mea kotahi noa; ko ia anake ta tona whaea; ko ia te mea i paingia rawatia e te wahine i whanau ai ia: i kite nga tamahine i a ia, kei te manaaki i a ia; ae ra, ko nga kuini me nga wahine iti, whakamoemiti ana ratou ki a ia. |
| Modern Greek | μια ειναι η περιστερα μου, η αμωμητος μου· αυτη ειναι η μονη της μητρος αυτης· ειναι η εκλεκτη της τεκουσης αυτην. Ειδον αυτην αι θυγατερες και εμακαρισαν αυτην· αι βασιλισσαι και αι παλλακαι, και επηνεσαν αυτην. |
| Norwegian | Men én er min due, min rene, hun, sin mors eneste, hennes utkårede som fødte henne; jomfruer så henne og priste henne lykkelig, dronninger og medhustruer så henne og hyldet henne. |
| Portuguese | Mas uma só é a minha pomba, a minha imaculada; ela e a única de sua mãe, a escolhida da que a deu luz. As filhas viram-na e lhe chamaram bem-aventurada; viram-na as rainhas e as concubinas, e louvaram-na. |
| Rumanian | dar numai una singurq este porumbiya mea, neprihqnita mea; ea este singurq la mamq-sa, cea mai aleasq a celei ce a nqscut -o. Fetele o vqd, wi o numesc fericitq; kmpqrqtesele wi yiitoarele de asemenea o laudq. - |
| Russian | ОП Е"ЙОУФЧЕООБС--ПОБ, ЗПМХ'Й"Б НПС, ЮЙУФБС НПС; Е"ЙОУФЧЕООБС ПОБ Х НБФЕТЙ УЧПЕК, ПФМЙЮЕООБС Х ТП"ЙФЕМШОЙ"Щ УЧПЕК. хЧЙ"ЕМЙ ЕЕ "ЕЧЙ"Щ, Й-- ТЕЧПЪОЕУМЙ ЕЕ, "БТЙ"Щ Й ОБМПЦОЙ"Щ, Й--ЧПУИЧБМЙМЙ ЕЕ. |
| Spanish | ¡Pero una sola es mi paloma, mi perfecta! Ella es la única hija de su madre, quien la considera predilecta. La ven las mujeres y la llaman: "Bienaventurada." Las reinas y las concubinas la alaban diciendo: |
| Swedish | \6:8\Men en enda är hon, min duva, min fromma, hon, sin moders endaste, hon, sin fostrarinnas utkorade. När jungfrur ser henne, prisa de henne säll, drottningar och bihustrur höja hennes lov. ---- |
| Thai | แม่นกเขาของฉัน แม่คนงามหม"จ"ของฉัน เป็นคนเ"ียว เธอเป็นคนเ"ียวของมาร"า เป็นหัวรักหัวใคร่ของผู้ให้กำเนิ" สาวๆทั้งหลายเห็นเธอ และเรียกเธอว่า ผาสุก ทั้งเหล่ามเหสีและเหล่านางห้ามก็สรรเสริญเยินยอเธอว่า |
| Ukrainian | та "дина вона ця голубка моя, моя чиста! У неньки сво"ї вона одиначка, обрана вона у сво"ї родительки! Як бачили дочки Сіону її, то щасливою звали її, цариці й наложниці то вихваляли її: |
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Misspellings | |
"Dearest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bearest, daesert, darest, deasert, dereso, derrest, doares, durafelt, Ederesi, gearset, hearest, mearest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dearest" (pronounced di"rust) |
| 5 | -i" r u s t | nearest, severest. |
| 4 | -r u s t | aquarist, barest, buttressed, deforest, direst, embarrassed, fairest, florist, forest, guitarist, interest, merest, noninterest, poorest, psychiatrist, purest, rainforest, rarest, reforest, surest, terraced, tourist. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, deepest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainiest, rapist, receptionist, reddest, refocused, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: derates, redates, sedater. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aretes, daters, derate, derats, desert, deters, easter, eaters, erased, redate, reseat, reseda, rested, seared, seated, seater, sedate, stared, teared, teased, teaser, trades, treads. | |
-2 letters: aedes, arete, aster, dares, darts, dater, dates, dears, deers, deets, derat, deter, drats, drees, drest, eared, eased, eater, erase, ester, rased, rated, rates, reads, redes, reeds, reest, reset, saree, sated, seder, sered, setae, stade, stare, stead, steed, steer, stere, tared, tares, tears, tease, terse, trade, tread, treed, trees, tsade. | |
-3 letters: ares, arse, arts, ates, dare, dart, date, dear, deer, dees, deet, dere, drat, dree, ears, ease, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, rads, rase, rate, rats, read, rede, reds, reed, rees, rest, rete, rets, sade, sard, sate, sear, seat, seed, seer, sera, sere, seta, star, tads, tare, tars, tear, teas, teds, teed, tees, trad, tree, tsar. | |
-4 letters: ads, are, ars, art, ate, dee, ear, eat, eds, era, ere, ers, eta, rad, ras, rat, red, ree, res, ret, sad, sae, sat, sea, see, ser, set, tad, tae, tar, tas, tea, ted, tee. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ar, as, at, de, ed, er, es, et, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: arrested, asserted, breasted, debaters, desalter, dewaters, draftees, estrayed, headrest, mastered, pederast, predates, readiest, repasted, reseated, reslated, restaged, restated, retasted, retreads, seriated, serrated, steadier, streaked, streamed, tarweeds, trapesed, treaders, treadles. | |
+2 letters: absterged, adherents, advertise, asperated, attenders, dapperest, darnedest, deaerates, decanters, decorates, decretals, defeaters, deflaters, denatures, departees, depurates, derivates, derogates, desalters, desecrate, desolater, desperate, detachers, detailers, detainers, diameters, dietaries, dreamiest, dreariest, elaterids, eradiates, estranged, estreated, federates, foredates, harvested, headrests, moderates, neatherds, pederasts, pederasty, plastered, prepasted, pretasted, raggedest, redbreast, redefeats, reductase, resaluted, resinated, resonated, restacked, restaffed, restamped, restarted, retarders, rethreads, sauntered, scattered, sedentary, seedeater, separated, shattered, slathered, smartened, smartweed, smattered, spattered, staggered, stammered, stampeder, steadiers, steamered, steelyard, stewarded, streambed, threaders, tradesmen, tragedies, traversed, treadlers, treadless, treasured, undereats, waterbeds, watershed, waterside, yesterday. | |
+3 letters: adulterers, adulteress, adulteries, adventures, advertised, advertiser, advertises, advertizes, afforested, afterdecks, ancestored, assertedly, asteriated, asterisked, banistered, bartenders, broadsheet, cartelised, deaerators, debarments, decaliters, decameters, defaulters, defeatures, dehydrates, dekaliters, dekameters, delegators, delftwares, demarcates, denervates, denigrates, departures, deprecates, depredates, depressant, dermatomes, dermatoses, desecrated, desecrater, desecrates, desecrator, desiderata, desiderate, desolaters, deuterates, dewaterers, dextranase, dishearten, disrelated, dissertate, dreamtimes, eradicates, extradites, extradoses, fatshedera, federalist, forecasted, foretasted, gadgeteers, gadgetries, headmaster, headstream, headwaters, irredentas, misaltered, miscreated, misrelated, mistreated, overcasted, oversalted, overstated, overstayed, overtasked, overtrades, pedantries, pederastic, pedestrian, personated, plaistered, predicates, prestamped, readjusted, rearrested, reasserted, reassorted, redbreasts, reductases, reeducates, refastened, rehydrates, reinstated, remastered, remediates, repudiates, reradiates, restrained, retardates, saddletree, seedeaters, segregated, sidestream, smartweeds, splattered, squattered, stampeders, steelyards, stepladder, stewardess, straitened, strangered, streambeds, streamside, sweetbread, tailenders, tapestried, teargassed, threadiest, threadless, tidewaters, toadeaters, transected, trapnested, travestied, trematodes, trespassed, ultradense, underrates, understate, undertakes, undertaxes, unreadiest, unsteadier, waitressed, watersheds, watersides, waterweeds, yesterdays. | |
+4 letters: acidimeters, adulterates, adventurers, adventuress, adversative, adversities, advertences, advertisers, aldosterone, arteritides, arthrodeses, ascertained, asseverated, atmosphered, audiometers, bespattered, breadbasket, breadthwise, breakfasted, broadsheets, carpetweeds, categorised, centralised, coatdresses, consecrated, considerate, contredanse, credentials, deaerations, decelerates, deerstalker, deflagrates, degenerates, deliberates, delineators, demonstrate, departments, depravities, depreciates, depredators, depressants, deracinates, derailments, deregulates, derivatives, derivatizes, dermatogens, desecraters, desecrating, desecration, desecrators, desegregate, desiderated, desiderates, desideratum, desperately, desperation, dextranases, diathermies, disheartens, dissertated, dissertates, drumbeaters, edulcorates, endearments, eviscerated, exasperated, fatshederas, featherbeds, federalists, federations, fenestrated, feudatories, forestalled, goaltenders, headhunters, headmasters, headstreams, headwaiters, homesteader, intergrades, interpleads, interspaced, keratitides, laundrettes, letterheads, mediatrices, mediatrixes, menstruated, nearsighted, neutralised, overstaffed, pantdresses, pasteurised, pasteurized, pederasties, pedestrians, predacities, prediabetes, radiometers, reaccredits, redecorates, rededicates, reescalated, reestimated, reinstalled, relatedness, replastered, residential, retrogrades, revalidates, revitalised, saddletrees, sedimentary, sidetracked, slaughtered, softhearted, spreadsheet, stakeholder, steamrolled, stepladders, strategized, streamlined, streamsides, superfatted, superheated, sweetbreads, tardinesses, taxidermies, tearstained, threadiness, timberheads, transcended, transfected, transferred, transgender, turtleheads, underreacts, understated, understates, undertakers, unharvested, unseparated, untraversed, whitebeards. | |
+5 letters: abridgements, acidimetries, administered, adroitnesses, adulteresses, adversatives, advertencies, aldosterones, alexandrites, androsterone, audiometries, bactericides, beardtongues, breadbaskets, centerboards, commiserated, confederates, consternated, contredanses, daughterless, decarbonates, decelerators, decemvirates, decerebrates, deconsecrate, decorticates, decrepitates, deerstalkers, defenestrate, defibrinates, democratizes, demonstrable, demonstrated, demonstrates, denervations, depilatories, depositaries, depravements, deprecations, depreciators, depredations, derangements, dermatitides, dermatitises, desecrations, desegregated, desegregates, desiderating, desideration, desiderative, desperations, deteriorates, determinants, detrainments, detribalizes, detrimentals, deuteranopes, deuterations, deverbatives, diastereomer, dilatometers, directorates, disaggregate, disagreement, disenchanter, disheartened, disintegrate, disorientate, disreputable, distemperate, draftinesses, drysalteries, dynamometers, endoparasite, externalised, extravasated, featheredges, featherheads, freestanding, gradiometers, headforemost, headmistress, headquarters, hemihydrates, hexahydrates, homesteaders, housetrained, hydrogenates, impersonated, interdealers, internalised, launderettes, leatherwoods, madreporites, mainstreamed, masterminded, materialised, meanspirited, misadventure, moderateness, mousetrapped, neanderthals, nonattenders, obdurateness, orchestrated, overasserted, overeducates, overmastered, overstrained, pentahedrons, perseverated, predesignate, predestinate, prediabetics, predicaments, predominates, premeditates, presidential, quarterdecks, quartersawed, radiometries, readjustable, readjustment, reafforested, redecorators, reduplicates, reeducations, remediations, remonstrated, resegregated, restabilized, restimulated, restrainedly, resuscitated, retranslated, semidiameter, sequestrated, skateboarder, slipstreamed, somersaulted, spreadsheets, stakeholders, stepdaughter, stewardesses, stonyhearted, stouthearted, straightedge, straightened, strandedness, sweaterdress, tawdrinesses, teeterboards, tetrahedrons, thermostated, thunderheads, tradespeople, traducements, tragediennes, transcendent, transgressed, transpierced, unadvertised, understaffed, undertenants, unrestrained, unsegregated, veratridines. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 61 72 65 73 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .- .-. . ... - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100001 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e a r e s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0061 0072 0065 0073 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38716784718586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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