Understood
10 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense and past participle of understand; to have perceived the meaning or grasped the nature of something.
“She understood the instructions and completed the task correctly.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ʌndər'stʊd/
Syllables
un·der·stood
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Antonyms
ununderstood
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Wordle
Contains multiple vowels U, E, O with double O and letters R, D, S, T, N
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Scrabble
Worth 13 points; the double O and double D provide strategic options
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