Caved

5 lettersverb

Updated June 2026

Definition

Past tense of cave; collapsed inward, or yielded under pressure.

“The old mine shaft caved in after the heavy rainfall.”

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Wordle

"Caved" uses 5 different letters, which makes it efficient for eliminating options. Its 2 vowels balance the consonants.

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Words Related to Caved

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caged caked caned caped cared cased cavea cavel caver caves cavey cawed coved eaved laved paved raved saved waved

Words you can make from Caved

Shorter words formed from the letters in “caved”.

aced cade cave dace dave deva ecad

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6-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “caved”.

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