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Definition: Spotted |
SpottedAdjective1. Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a black-and-white spotted cow". 2. Especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spotted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Grade standards for color are listed as White, light Spotted, Spotted, Tinged, and Yellow Stained. . . Plus, Light Gray and Gray. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SpottedSynonyms: besmirched (adj), damaged (adj), flyblown (adj), patched (adj), stained (adj), sullied (adj), tainted (adj), tarnished (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Decayed; Verb: moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved; (vicious); decrepid, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work; (useless). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spotted |
| English words defined with "spotted": common spotted orchid ♦ spotted bat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spotted": A.P.D or Po Po ♦ Christian Traditions ♦ elevator tender ♦ Flora's Dial ♦ Gethsemane, GRAIN RECEIVER ♦ Horse ♦ leopardite ♦ manchado ♦ paralysis tick ♦ quillings ♦ Rickettsia rickettsii, Rocky Mountain wood tick ♦ SPOTTER I, SUPERVISOR, ASSEMBLY STOCK ♦ thaw shed operator, Tospovirus. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spotted": Tapper. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't know about you guys, but I spotted several big mistakes (Monsters, Inc.; writing credit: Robert L. Baird; Jill Culton) I'd love some spotted dick (Shanghai Knights; writing credit: Alfred Gough; Miles Millar) Well, you spotted me so you get the reward (The Talented Mr. Ripley; writing credit: Anthony Minghella) Yeah. Have you spotted those kids yet (Jaws 2; writing credit: Carl Gottlieb; Howard Sackler) So far they haven't spotted you, and they don't know what you look like (The Narrow Margin; writing credit: Earl Felton; Martin Goldsmith) | |
Lyrics | We spotted the ocean at the head of the trail (Walk On the Ocean; performing artist: Toad The Wet Sprocket) | |
Clever | Oregon: Spotted Owl ... It's What's For Dinner (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Spotted Lily (1917) Spotted (1914) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Ground Squirrels like this Spotted Ground Squirrel, S. spilosoma, have been involved in plague epizootics. Credit: CDC. |  | This nine day old facial rash is characteristic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and was caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Credit: CDC. |
 | Helicopter pilot Budd Christman assisting with tagging of spotted seal pup. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | Pantropical spotted dolphin skipping on its tail over the water. Stenella attenuata. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | Mrs. Maygrath at Station Spotted Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus). Spotted Trunk-fish; Chapin. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 40. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Spotted knapweed - Centauria maculosa at John's Pond Bog. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve A Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina, is a small phocid with a stubby, compact body and short limbs. Colors range from silver-gray to tan and all are spotted. They occur in almost all nearshore environments from Baja,California to the Bering Sea. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Spotted moray eel slithers among the reef growth. Gymnothorax moringa. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Spotted eagle ray soars over Florida Keys reefs. Aetobatus sp. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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| "Spotted Skies 3" by Paige Foster Commentary: "One of those cloudy northwest winter days when the sun bursts through the clouds and creates dramatic contrasts." | "Monkeys" by Tjeerd Doosje Commentary: "Today I went to a kind of Zoo with only monkeys in it. It sometimes is good to look back where you came from: that's the way I spotted this couple of monkeys, sitting in the grass, doing their social stuff and some eating. Thanks to the autumn colors I th" |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Thy garments are not spotted with our blood, Nor thou within the compass of my curse |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | A denim coat with brass buttons and a spotted brown hat creased like a pork pie lay on the ground beside him. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Dumler, J. S. (1994). Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (references) | |
Wear light-colored clothing so that ticks can be easily spotted. (references) | ||
The name Rocky Mountain spotted fever is somewhat of a misnomer. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Bulgaria | Asan had deserted from his army unit in Elhovo and was spotted by military police, who chased him; one of the officers reportedly shot Asan four or five times. (references) |
Travel | Ukraine | The Embassy is aware of a common criminal approach: targets are spotted leaving Western restaurants and bars, then attacked once inside the doorway of their building, which is usually dark. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | You don't want to believe that the people who love the spotted owl, clean water and pure air are the same kinds of people as Yuri Andropov, Leonid Brezhnev, Nikita Khrushchev, and Mikhail Gorbachev. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | A few days before Christmas, an airline flight attendant spotted a passenger lighting a match. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Spotted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 42.84% of the time. "Spotted" is used about 1,429 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 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 42.84% | 612 | 10,535 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 38.23% | 546 | 11,360 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 16% | 229 | 19,864 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.8% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (common) | 0.14% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,429 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "spotted" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Spotted | Last name | 200 | 39,159 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "spotted": be spotted ♦ Chihuahuan spotted whiptail ♦ common spotted orchid ♦ crimson spotted rainbowfish ♦ little spotted skunk ♦ Rocky Mountain spotted fever ♦ spotted antbird ♦ spotted bat ♦ spotted black bass ♦ spotted bower bird ♦ spotted bull ♦ spotted coral root ♦ spotted cowbane ♦ spotted crake ♦ spotted cranesbill ♦ spotted dick ♦ spotted eagle ray ♦ spotted fever ♦ spotted flycatcher ♦ spotted gum ♦ spotted hemlock ♦ spotted hind ♦ spotted hyena ♦ spotted hygiena ♦ spotted lens ♦ spotted lynx ♦ spotted ray ♦ spotted rock trout ♦ spotted salamander ♦ spotted sand flounder ♦ spotted sandpiper ♦ spotted sea trout ♦ spotted skunk ♦ spotted squeateague ♦ spotted sunfish ♦ spotted tortoise ♦ spotted towhee ♦ spotted tree ♦ spotted turbot ♦ spotted turtle ♦ spotted water hemlock ♦ spotted weakfish ♦ spotted wintergreen. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spotted": spotted-billed, spotted-leafed, spotted-sided. | |
Ending with "spotted": liver-spotted, red-spotted, small-spotted, white-spotted. | |
Containing "spotted": black-spotted trout, liver-spotted dalmatian, red-spotted purple, red-spotted trout, two-spotted ladybug. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "spotted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | laragan (motley, party-colored, party-coloured, pied, variegated), i njollosur (smeary, smudgy), i ndotur (grimy, hole-in-the-wall, impure, miry, sludgy, smutty), i larmë (dappled, desultory, medley, mottled, pied, punctate, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated). (various references) | |
Arabic | منقط (dappled, dotted, dotty, mottled, punctate, speckled, spotty), ملوث (contaminated, defiled, dirty, filed, foul, impure, infectious, polluted, polluter, staining), ملطخ (soiled, stained), مراقب (controller, inspector, observed, observer, spy, supervisor, watcher, watchman), أرقط (dappled, pied, pinto, speckled, spotty). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | на точки (mottled, punctate, speckled), на петна (blotchy, dapple, mottled, piebald, punctate, skewbald, speckled, splotchy, spotty), петнист (mealy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 察觉 (Perceive, Perceived, Perceiving, spotting). (various references) | |
Czech | skvrnitý (dappled, mottled, speckled, splotchy), zašpinìný (smeary), teèkovaný (dotted, dotting, Dotty, flecked, punctate), puntíkovaný (dotted, flecked), kropenatý (dappled, punctate, speckled). (various references) | |
Danish | syvprikkt mariehoene (seven spot ladybird, seven-spotted ladybird), sydlig blaahals (white spotted bluethroat), storplettet rokke (homelyn ray, spotted ray), spidstandet blankesten (blackspot seabream, blue spotted bream, chad, common sea bream, dorade, read bream, red bream, red sea bream, sea-bream), sompatgryntefisk (Atlantic spotted grunt, sompat grunt), simmentalerkvaeg (brindled cattle, spotted cattle), plettet roervagtel (spotted crake), alm.Mariehoene (seven spot ladybird, seven-spotted ladybird), almindelig kongepen (common cat's ear, US spotted cat's ear), Athene blewitti (forest spotted owlet), hvidaksugle (common rustic moth, wheat spotted noctuid), kvaeg af simmentalertype (brindled cattle, spotted cattle), plettet fjæsing (spotted weever), øjeplettet savgylte (ocellated wrasse, spotted wrasse), plettet kuskus (spotted cuscus), tolvplettet aspargesbille (spotted asparagus beetle, twelve spotted asparagus beetle), plettet sneglebælg (spotted medick, US spotted burclover), plettet goegeurt (spotted orchid). (various references) | |
Dutch | halmrups (common rustic moth, wheat spotted noctuid), Fleckvieh (brindled cattle, spotted cattle), gespikkelde knorvis (Atlantic spotted grunt, sompat grunt), gestreepte steenuil (forest spotted owlet), gevlekt vee (brindled cattle, spotted cattle), gevlekte koeskoes (spotted cuscus), gevlekte lipvis (ballan wrasse, ocellated wrasse, spotted wrasse), gevlekte orchis (heath spotted orchid), gevlekte pieterman (spotted weever), gevlekte rog (homelyn ray, spotted ray), gevlekte rupsklaver (spotted medick, US spotted burclover), Chrysomphalus ficus (circular black scale, circular purple scale, circular scale, Florida red scale, red spotted scale), groene rijstcicade (green rice leafhopper, spotted jassid), zuideuropese blauwborst (white spotted bluethroat), halmrupsvlinder (common rustic moth, wheat spotted noctuid), halmuil (common rustic moth, wheat spotted noctuid), halsbandcotinga (banded cotinga, spotted cotinga), kleine hondshaai (fay dog, lesser spotted dogfish, rough dog, rough hound, small spotted dogfish), kleingevlekte hondshaai (fay dog, lesser spotted dogfish, rough dog, rough hound, small spotted dogfish), porseleinhoen (spotted crake), rode aspergekever (spotted asparagus beetle, twelve spotted asparagus beetle), rood aspergehaantje (spotted asparagus beetle, twelve spotted asparagus beetle), rood aspergekevertje (spotted asparagus beetle, twelve spotted asparagus beetle), zeebrasem (blackspot seabream, blue spotted bream, chad, common sea bream, dorade, read bream, red bream, red sea bream, sea-bream), zevenstippelig lieveheersbeestje (seven spot ladybird, seven-spotted ladybird), gewoon biggekruid (common cat's ear, US spotted cat's ear). (various references) | |
Finnish | täplikäs (dotted, speckled, spotty), pilkullinen (dotted). (various references) | |
French | taché. (various references) | |
German | fleckig (blemished, blotched, blotchy, marked, mottled, patchy, speckled, spotty, stained). (various references) | |
Greek | κηλιδωμένοσ (blotchy, splotchy), έχων στίγματα, στικτόσ (mottled, punctate, spotty). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוכתם (defiled, notorious, stained, sullied), מרובב (flecked, maculate, stained), מנומר (dotted, flecked, mottled, speckled, spotty, striped, variegated), מנוקד (dotted, ocellate, punctuated, vocalized), כתמי (macular), גחור (red flecked), נקודתי (dotted, mottled, speckled). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pettyes (brindled, dappled, eyespotted, freckled, mottled, pied, Pinto, polka-dotted, punctate, speckled, spotty, tabby), pöttyös (dotted, polka dotted), foltos (blobby, blotchy, blurry, flawy, foxed, foxy, freckled, mottled, Pinto, sloppy, smeary, smudgy, splodgy, spotty, stained). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bercalit (smeared, stained), bercak (pimply, pock, pockmarked, tarnish), berbelak, berbecak-becak. (various references) | |
Italian | pezzato (dappled, piebald, pied, Pinto), maculato (dappled, maculated), macchiato (dappled, patchy, smudgy, soiled, spotty), chiazzato (blotched, mealy, patchy), a pallini. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 斑入り (variegated). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふいり (poor house, small attendance, variegated). (various references) | |
Korean | 더럽히는 (fouled, smudged, soiled). (various references) | |
Manx | spohttit (pitted), spohttagh (pock-marked, spotty), brigginagh (brindle, partly coloured, pied), breck (brindle, brown trout, chequered, dapple-grey, dotty, mackerel, mottled, piebald, pied, pocked, speckle; trout-coloured, speckled, spot, spotty, tartan, trout, variegated). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ottedspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | suspeito (doubtful, equivocal, fishy, queer, questionable, shady, suspect, suspicious), sarapintado (mottled, pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, spotty), pintalgado (mottled, pepper-and-salt, pied, spotty), manchado (blotchy, brindled, dapple, dappled, foxy, pied, smudgy, splotchy, stained), maculado, desonrado. (various references) | |
Romanian | reperat, pestriţ (dapple, gay, harlequin, many-colored, many-coloured, medley, motley, mottled, particolored, particoloured, pied, speckled, variegated), pãtat (dappled, fly-blown, smutty, speckled), murdãrit (fly-blown, foul), cu picãţele (dappled, speckled), cu buline, bãlţat (harlequin, pied, skewbald, streaked, streaky, striped, variegated), împestriţat (speckled). (various references) | |
Russian | запятнанный (stained), пятнистый (brindled, dappled, patchy, pinto, punctate, splotchy, spotty). (various references) | |
Scottish | reannach, breac (as a mill stone, smallpox, speckle; pick, speckled, trout). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | umrljan (messy, splotchy), pegav (freckled, punctate, speckled, spotty), šaren (gay, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, party-colored, party-coloured, piebald, pied, printed, skewbald, speckled, variegated). (various references) | |
Spanish | moteado (dapple, dappled, mottled, speckled), manchado (dirties, dirty, smudges, smudgy, soiled, splotchy, spotty, stained, tarnished). (various references) | |
Swedish | prickig (dotted, Dotty), fläckig (blotched, dapple, foxy, mealy, mottled, piebald, pied, punctate, soiled, spotty). (various references) | |
Turkish | puantiyeli (polka dot, spotty), puanlı (dappled, spotty), noktalı (dotted, Dotty, punctated, spotty), lekeli (blotchy, clouded, dappled, mackled, maculated, smeary, smudgy, splashy, splotchy, spotty, stained, stigmatic, tainted), kirli (bedraggled, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, grimy, grubby, impure, smudgy, soiled, squalid, unclean, venose, venous), benekli (brindled, dappled, dotted, Dotty, maculated, mottled, piebald, pied, punctate, roan, speckled, splotchy, spotty). (various references) | |
Turkmen | цrgьnli (spotted fever, typhys). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нерівномірний, заплямований (stained), плямистий (dappled, maculated, mailed, ocellated, patchy, punctate, speckled, spotty). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lốm đốm (freaked, mottled), có đốm; khoang, bị ố bẩn. (various references) | |
Welsh | brycheulyd (brindled). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | maculosa, maculosos, maculosum, maculosus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 39 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egkisshswsin ta probata eiV taV rabdouV kai etikton ta probata dialeuka kai poikila kai spodoeidh ranta |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Factumque est ut in ipso calore coitus oves intuerentur virgas et parerent maculosa et varia et diverso colore respersa |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the shepe coceaued before the staues and brought forth straked spotted and partie. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 39 |
| Cebuano | Ug nanamkon ang mga panon sa carnero sa atubangan sa mga sanga nga magagmay, ug ang mga panon sa carnero nanaganak sa mga carnero nga mga binugkan, mga kabang, ug mga napisikan sa nagakalainlaing mga bulok. |
| Chinese | 羊 對 著 枝 子 配 合 、 就 生 下 有 紋 的 、 有 點 的 、 有 斑 的 來 。 |
| Croatian | to su se jarci parili uz pruæe, pa su koze kozile prugaste, riðaste i šarene kozliæe. |
| Danish | Dyrene parrede sig foran Grenene og fødte så stribet, spættet og blakket Afkom. |
| Dutch | Als dan de kudde verhit werd bij de roeden, zo lammerde de kudde gesprenkelde, gespikkelde, en geplekte. |
| Finnish | Ja eläimet pariutuivat oksien edessä ja synnyttivät juovikkaita, pilkullisia ja kirjavia karitsoita. |
| French | Les brebis entraient en chaleur près des branches, et elles faisaient des petits rayés, tachetés et marquetés. |
| German | Also empfingen die Herden über den Stäben und brachten Sprenklinge, Gefleckte und Bunte. |
| Hungarian | És a juhok a vesszõk elõtt foganának és ellenek vala csíkos lábúakat, pettyegetetteket és tarkákat. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jadi jika kambing-kambing itu kawin di depan dahan-dahan itu, anaknya loreng atau belang atau berbintik-bintik. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah berbekak segala kawan kambing hampir dengan ranting-ranting itu, maka beranaklah ia ada yang becorak, ada yang berintik, ada yang berbelang. |
| Italian | Così le bestie si accoppiarono di fronte ai rami e le capre figliarono capretti striati, punteggiati e chiazzati. |
| Maori | Na ka whakahaputia nga kahui ki mau i nga rakau, a he whakahekeheke, he mea tongitongi, he purepure nga kuao i whanau. |
| Norwegian | Så parret småfeet sig ved kjeppene og fikk stripete, flekkete og spraglete unger. |
| Portuguese | Os rebanhos concebiam diante das varas, e as ovelhas davam crias listradas, salpicadas e malhadas. |
| Rumanian | Oile zqmisleau uitkndu-se la nuiele, wi fqceu miei bqlyayi, seini wi pestriyi. |
| Spanish | Las ovejas se apareaban delante de las varas, y después parían corderos listados, pintados y salpicados de diversos colores. |
| Swedish | Och djuren parade sig vid käpparna, och så blev djurens avföda strimmig, spräcklig och brokig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "spotted": respotted, unspotted. (additional references) | |
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"Spotted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scotted, shotted, spette, spote, spudded, swotted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spotted" (pronounced spÄ"tud) |
| 5 | -p Ä" t u d | potted. |
| 4 | -Ä" t u d | allotted, carotid, clotted, jotted, knotted, dotted, plotted, rotted, slotted, swatted, trotted. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, knighted, knitted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-o-p-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: depots, despot, posted, potted, sotted, stoped. | |
-2 letters: depot, doest, dopes, dotes, estop, opted, pesto, petto, poets, posed, spode, stope, stopt, toped, topes, toted, totes. | |
-3 letters: does, dope, dose, dost, dote, dots, epos, odes, oped, opes, opts, peds, peso, pest, pets, pods, poet, pose, post, pots, sept, sett, sped, spot, step, stet, stop, teds. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-o-p-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: postdate. | |
+2 letters: postdated, postdates, protested, respotted, tetrapods, unspotted. | |
+3 letters: postdebate, postulated, poussetted, prostrated, stenotyped. | |
+4 letters: apostatised, apostatized, constipated, deportments, deputations, disportment, idempotents, orthopedist, outsprinted, outstripped, peridotites, photostated, postediting, prostituted, snapshotted, spatterdock, spotlighted, stereotyped, tetraploids, topstitched, torpidities, transported. | |
+5 letters: bootstrapped, decapitators, deportations, disportments, epiglottides, expostulated, hypostatized, introspected, octapeptides, orthopedists, periodontist, photostatted, postaccident, posteditings, postgraduate, proglottides, promptitudes, pterodactyls, retrospected, spatterdocks, stapedectomy, trepidations. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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