Swayed

6 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Past tense of sway, meaning moved slowly from side to side or back and forth, or influenced someone's opinion or decision.

“The tall pines swayed gently in the evening breeze.”

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Synonyms

rocked swungoscillatedinfluencedpersuaded

Antonyms

stood firmremained still

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Starts SW- and contains the AY vowel pair, the -ED ending and AY combination make this a reasonable Wordle guess

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Scrabble

Worth 13 points with W scoring 4 and Y scoring 4, a strong play combining two high-value tiles efficiently

Words Related to Swayed

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “swayed” to make these 6-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

stayed

Words you can make from Swayed

Shorter words formed from the letters in “swayed”.

sawed wades yawed awed awes ayes dase dawe daws days deas dews dewy deys dyas dyes easy eyas sade swad sway wade wads ways

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