Definition of misdirected

"misdirected" in the verb sense

1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

"debauch the young people with wine and women"

"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"

"Do school counselors subvert young children?"

"corrupt the morals"

2. mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray

lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

"The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

3. misdirect, misaddress

put a wrong address on

"misdirect the letter"

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Quotations for misdirected

The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tyrant. [ Horace ]

misdirected in Scrabble®

The word misdirected is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters misdirected:

MISDIRECTED
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (51 words)

credits, crested, deceits, decider, decides, decried, decries, deicers, deicide, deistic, deities, demerit, demised, derides, desired, diciest, diester, dieters, dietics, dieties, dimeric, dimeter, directs, dirtied, dirties, ditsier, eidetic, emetics, itemise, mercies, merited, metrics, metrise, miscite, misdeed, misedit, mistier, mitered, recited, recites, reddest, reedits, reemits, resided, retimed, retimes, stimied, teddies, tidiers, timider, tridems

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word misdirected

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In misdirected

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misdirected in Words With Friends™

The word misdirected is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters misdirected:

MISDIRECTED
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (51 words)

credits, crested, deceits, decider, decides, decried, decries, deicers, deicide, deistic, deities, demerit, demised, derides, desired, diciest, diester, dieters, dietics, dieties, dimeric, dimeter, directs, dirtied, dirties, ditsier, eidetic, emetics, itemise, mercies, merited, metrics, metrise, miscite, misdeed, misedit, mistier, mitered, recited, recites, reddest, reedits, reemits, resided, retimed, retimes, stimied, teddies, tidiers, timider, tridems

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word misdirected

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In misdirected

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Words within the letters of misdirected

2 letter words in misdirected (7 words)

10 letter words in misdirected (1 word)

11 letter words in misdirected (Anagrams) (2 words)

misdirected + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence misdirected

Words that start with misdirected (1 word)

Words with misdirected in them (1 word)

Words that end with misdirected (1 word)

Word Growth involving misdirected

Shorter words in misdirected

re ire dire direct directed

re ire dire direct misdirect

is misdirect

mi misdirect

Longer words containing misdirected

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