Dawned
6 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of dawn, meaning daylight first appeared, or figuratively that something became suddenly understood.
“It dawned on her that she had left her keys inside the house.”
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Contains only A as its vowel, the -AWNED ending is a useful pattern shared with words like yawned.
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The W scores 4 points, otherwise common tiles, best played to unload low-value letters efficiently.
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