Lynched
7 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of lynch, killed by an unlawful mob without legal process, typically by hanging.
“Historians have documented the thousands of individuals lynched in the American South during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.”
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Contains the unusual YNC cluster and ends in the common -ED past tense, making the middle letters key
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Y scores four points and the CH digraph adds points, making this a solid seven-letter play
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