SPENT
What does "SPENT" mean?
Used up, exhausted, or having no energy or value left.
Meanings
- Completely used up or depleted of energy or resources. After the double shift she was utterly spent.
- Of fuel, ammunition, or material: already discharged or no longer usable. A spent cartridge rolled across the range floor. technical
- Past tense and past participle of 'spend'. They spent the inheritance in a single summer.
Word origin
Past participle of 'spend', from Old English 'spendan' via Latin 'expendere' (to pay or weigh out).
Remember it
SPENT is SPEND with the 'd' worn down to a 't' - the very thing that happens when something is used up.
A little poem
The candle's last inch-
all night it argued with dark,
now spent, and at peace.
haiku
Wordplay
- The cashier and the marathon runner had the same last word of the day: 'spent.'
What it teaches
Being spent is not failure; it's proof you held nothing back when it counted.
Quick facts
What does SPENT mean?
Used up, exhausted, or having no energy or value left.
Is SPENT a valid word?
Yes — SPENT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SPENT?
SPENT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SPENT come from?
Past participle of 'spend', from Old English 'spendan' via Latin 'expendere' (to pay or weigh out).
What can SPENT teach us?
Being spent is not failure; it's proof you held nothing back when it counted.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.