FRIED
What does "FRIED" mean?
Cooked in hot oil or fat; the past tense and past participle of fry.
Meanings
- Cooked in hot fat or oil over direct heat. She fried the eggs until the edges turned crisp.
- Prepared by frying. A plate of fried chicken sat steaming on the table.
- Damaged by excessive heat or electricity; ruined. The power surge fried the motherboard. informal
- Mentally exhausted or overwhelmed. After three exams in one day, my brain was completely fried. informal
Word origin
Past tense of 'fry', from Old French 'frire', from Latin 'frigere' to roast or fry.
Remember it
FRIED contains the letters of 'fire' plus a D - heat is baked into the spelling.
A little poem
Oil spits its bright code,
the egg turns from glass to lace -
small daily alchemy.
haiku
Wordplay
- My computer and I both crashed after the all-nighter. We were equally fried.
What it teaches
Heat transforms or destroys depending only on timing; the same flame that cooks the egg ruins the circuit.
Quick facts
What does FRIED mean?
Cooked in hot oil or fat; the past tense and past participle of fry.
Is FRIED a valid word?
Yes — FRIED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FRIED?
FRIED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FRIED come from?
Past tense of 'fry', from Old French 'frire', from Latin 'frigere' to roast or fry.
What can FRIED teach us?
Heat transforms or destroys depending only on timing; the same flame that cooks the egg ruins the circuit.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.