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Drowned

7 lettersverbcommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Past tense of drown, meaning to have submerged or overwhelmed something completely, or to have died by suffocation in water.

The noise of the crowd drowned out the speaker's voice entirely.

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Synonyms

submergedoverwhelmedfloodedengulfedswamped

Antonyms

surfacedrescuedemerged

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Wordle

Contains W and ends in -NED, no repeated letters and covers D, R, O, W, N, E which are all common

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Scrabble

Worth 12 points, W is worth 4 points and DROWN is a solid five-letter base

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