TRIED
What does "TRIED" mean?
Past tense of 'try': made an attempt, tested, or judged in court.
Meanings
- Made an effort to do something (past tense of try). She tried to call but the line was always busy.
- Tested or sampled something to assess it. He tried the soup and reached straight for the salt.
- Subjected a person to a legal trial. He was tried for fraud and acquitted on a technicality.
- Proven reliable through testing or experience. It's a tried and tested recipe, never once let me down.
Word origin
Past tense and participle of 'try', from Old French 'trier', to pick out, sift, or separate; of uncertain ultimate origin.
Remember it
TRIED is TRY with the 'y' turned to 'ied' - the same shift as 'cry' to 'cried'.
A little poem
Not won, not yet lost -
just the small honest verb left
when the rest gave up.
haiku
Wordplay
- The defendant said he'd tried his best; the judge said that's exactly why he was being tried.
What it teaches
Tried is the only past tense you fully own; the outcome was never entirely yours.
Quick facts
What does TRIED mean?
Past tense of 'try': made an attempt, tested, or judged in court.
Is TRIED a valid word?
Yes — TRIED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRIED?
TRIED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRIED come from?
Past tense and participle of 'try', from Old French 'trier', to pick out, sift, or separate; of uncertain ultimate origin.
What can TRIED teach us?
Tried is the only past tense you fully own; the outcome was never entirely yours.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.