Denned
6 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of den: took shelter or settled in a den, as a wild animal does.
“The fox had denned beneath the old barn to wait out the winter.”
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shelteredburrowedholed up
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Contains a double N in the middle, the DENN- pattern is unusual and distinctive
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Scores 8 points, double N can help connect parallel words on the board
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