Words · Less common
tented
6 letters · 4 distinct letters
A form of tent.
- verb
live in or as if in a tent
Can we go camping again this summer?
- noun
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
he pitched his tent near the creek
- noun
a web that resembles a tent or carpet
Word history
History of tent
From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every 4 million words.
- In the spelling bee
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