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pained

/peɪnd/•adjective

Pained is also used as adjective, with meanings including emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed.

1 meaning6 lettersScrabble 9

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Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

NED

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “PAINED” Mean?

/peɪnd/

pained has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed

“she looked offended”

“face had a pained and puzzled expression”

“injured feelings”

Synonyms

offended injured

Synonyms for PAINED

offended injured

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word pained with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

P, A, I, N, E, D

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for pained.

PAINED is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 9.

It starts with P and ends with D.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It is an isogram, meaning no letter repeats.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEF.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using pained in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

PAINED has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

PAINED is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

PAINED can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★★☆

PAINED uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.

Letter Intelligence

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Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEF

CV Pattern

CVVCVC

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

PA, AI, IN, NE, ED

Trigrams

PAI, AIN, INE, NED

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for pained.

PAINED is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with P and ends with D, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.