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Updated June 2026
Past tense of insert; placed, fitted, or thrust something into another thing. Commonly used to describe putting one object inside another.
“She inserted the key into the lock and turned it carefully.”
in·sert·ed
Contains -ED ending; double vowels E-E pattern common in past tense verbs
Worth 9 points; the -ED suffix is useful for building on existing words
Shorter words formed from the letters in “inserted”.
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