Paniced or panicked?
Did you mean panicked? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: panicked. Misspelling: paniced.
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Memory tip
Panic adds a K before -ed so the C keeps its hard sound, like picnicked.
Why people write “paniced”
The misspelling “paniced” is only one letter off: it leaves out the K.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make panicked automatic.
Other misspellings of “panicked”
People also write “panicced”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“panicced”
Correct spelling: panicked. Misspelling: panicced.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “panicced” is only one letter off: it uses C in place of K; the two letters can sound alike here.
What does “panicked” mean?
panicked adjective
- thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
“became panicky as the snow deepened”
Synonyms:panickyterrifiedfrightened
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Panicked” in a sentence
- He panicked when he lost his passport.
- Became panicky as the snow deepened.
Is “panicked” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“paniced” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PANICKED.