Starved

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:12 pts7 letters
Definition of Starved

verb

  1. To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
  2. To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
  3. To be very hungry.

    "Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?"

  4. To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
  5. To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.

    "The patient's brain was starved of oxygen."

adjective

  1. Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
  2. (by extension) Deprived of nourishment or of something vital.
  3. Extremely hungry.

    "I'm starved! I haven't eaten since breakfast."

Anagrams of Starved

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "starved":

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Starved"

Starved is a 7-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "starved" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Starved" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "starved" is a medium-scoring word.