Cowered

7 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Past tense of cower: crouched or shrank back in fear or distress.

“The puppy cowered behind the sofa as the fireworks continued outside.”

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Synonyms

shrankflinchedrecoiledquailedcringed

Antonyms

stood firmconfronted

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains OWE within the word and ends in the common -ERED suffix, worth remembering

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Scrabble

All common low-value tiles but combines well for a 7-letter bingo, hooks off COWER

Words Related to Cowered

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “cowered” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

bowered cohered covered dowered lowered powered

Words you can make from Cowered

Shorter words formed from the letters in “cowered”.

crewed crowed recode ceder cedre cered coder cored coree cowed cower credo creed crewe crowd decor dewer doree dower erode ewder rewed rowed cede

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