Delayed

7 lettersverbcommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Past tense of delay; to make something happen at a later time than originally planned or expected.

“The flight was delayed by three hours due to adverse weather conditions.”

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Synonyms

postponeddeferredput offheld up

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Wordle

Seven letters with -ED suffix; contains useful vowels E, A, E

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points; the Y (4 points) adds strategic value

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “delayed”.

deadly addle deady dedal deedy delay deled laded layed leady addy alee dade dale dead deal deda deed dele dely dyad dyed edda eddy

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