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Swallowed

s 1w 4a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4e 1d 2

About 2 syllables

verb · 9 letters · Very common · past tense of swallow

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does swallowed mean?

verb

  1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

    “Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!”

    Synonymsget down

  2. engulf and destroy

    “The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries”

  3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

    “The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”

    Synonymsimmerseswallow upburyeat up

  4. utter indistinctly

    “She swallowed the last words of her speech”

  5. take back what one has said

    “He swallowed his words”

    Synonymstake backunsaywithdraw

  6. keep from expressing

    “I swallowed my anger and kept quiet”

Definitions shown for swallow, the base form of swallowed.

Is SWALLOWED a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is SWALLOWED worth?

Scrabble

16 pts
s 1w 4a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4e 1d 2

Words With Friends

18 pts
s 1w 4a 1l 2l 2o 1w 4e 1d 2

Wordfeud

16 pts
s 1w 4a 1l 1l 1o 1w 4e 1d 2

NYT Crossplay

20 pts
s 1w 5a 1l 2l 2o 1w 5e 1d 2

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in SWALLOWED

Words that end like SWALLOWED

Common words that share the ending -OWED, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

borrowedfollowedallowedbellowedbestowedbillowedburrowedfurrowedharrowedhollowedkowtowedmellowednarrowedpillowedpowwowedshadowedsnowplowedsorrowedwallowedyellowedelbowedendowedwidowedavowed
All words ending in -OWED

Swallowed: quick answers

Is SWALLOWED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SWALLOWED is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 16 points before board bonuses.
How many points is SWALLOWED worth?
SWALLOWED scores 16 points in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 20 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does swallowed mean?
swallowed is the past tense of swallow, which means “pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SWALLOWED?
You can make 274 shorter words from SWALLOWED, such as WALLOWED, SWALLOW, WALLOWS, WAWLED. See the full list.