played
Definitions
Adjective
- (of games) engaged in
Verb
- Participate in games or sport
- Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- Play on an instrument
- Play a role or part
- Be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- Replay (as a melody)
- Perform music on (a musical instrument)
- Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- Bet or wager (money)
- Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- Emit recorded sound
- Perform on a certain location
- Put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- Behave in a certain way
- Cause to emit recorded audio or video
- Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- Use to one's advantage
- Consider not very seriously
- Be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- Behave carelessly or indifferently
- Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- Perform on a stage or theater
- Be performed or presented for public viewing
- Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- Make bets
- Stake on the outcome of an issue
- Shoot or hit in a particular manner
- Use or move
- Employ in a game or in a specific position
- Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "played".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | played | 1 | 104 |
| 2 | displayed | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | overplayed | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | underplayed | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | downplayed | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | replayed | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "played".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "played".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | 1 | 200 |
| 2 | placed | 1 | 126 |
| 3 | player | 2 | 51 |
| 4 | pleased | 1 | 41 |
| 5 | displayed | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | prayed | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | pleaded | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | sprayed | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | relayed | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | parlayed | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | plated | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | planed | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | replayed | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | spayed | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | flayed | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | pled | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | paye | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | laye | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | playtex | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | playpen | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "played" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "played" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "played" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recorded | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | ireland | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | instead | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | ever | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | notes | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | everton | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | basketball | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | occasionally | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | league | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | liverpool | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | song | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | also | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | musicians | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | company | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | em | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | game | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | normally | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | games | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | largely | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | tournament | 3 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 36
Fragments: 6
Sound Alikes: 4
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 10
Words that Precede: 9
Statistically Associated: 20
Consonant Matches: 7
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Albert Einstein Played With These Building Blocks as a Child. Here’s How They Helped Shape His Magnificent Mind
Mar 13, 2026 Smithsonian Magazine
Mar 13, 2026 Smithsonian Magazine
‘Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)’ Review: Tragically Uneven
Mar 13, 2026 The New York Times
Mar 13, 2026 The New York Times
UH volleyball play resumes tonight; Friday match will be played Sunday
Mar 15, 2026 Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Mar 15, 2026 Honolulu Star-Advertiser

