Definition of opened

"opened" in the verb sense

1. open, open up

cause to open or to become open

"Mary opened the car door"

2. open, open up

start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

"open a business"

3. open, open up

become open

"The door opened"

4. open

begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

"He opened the meeting with a long speech"

5. unfold, spread, spread out, open

spread out or open from a closed or folded state

"open the map"

"spread your arms"

6. open, open up

make available

"This opens up new possibilities"

7. open, open up

become available

"an opportunity opened up"

8. open

have an opening or passage or outlet

"The bedrooms open into the hall"

9. open

make the opening move

"Kasparov opened with a standard opening"

10. afford, open, give

afford access to

"the door opens to the patio"

"The French doors give onto a terrace"

11. open

display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer

"opened" in the adjective sense

1. open, opened

used of mouth or eyes

"keep your eyes open"

"his mouth slightly opened"

2. opened

made open or clear

"the newly opened road"

3. open, opened

not sealed or having been unsealed

"the letter was already open"

"the opened package lay on the table"

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Quotations for opened

Wherever a book may be opened.

Your purse opened not when it was paid, for. [ Proverb ]

Go to another door, for this will not be opened. [ Proverb ]

Letters which are warmly sealed are often but coldly opened. [ Richter ]

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with profit. [ A. Bronson Alcott ]

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. [ Jesus ]

God only opened His hand to give flight to a thought that He had held imprisoned from eternity. [ Timothy Titcomb ]

Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction. [ Jonson ]

The calumniator is like the dragon that pursued a woman, but, not being able to overtake her, opened his mouth and threw a flood after her to drown her. [ Edward Blunt ]

Here's a good joke to do during an earthquake: straddle a big crack in the ground, and if it opened wider, go Whoa! Whoa! and flail your arms around, like you're going to fall in. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

It is difficult for the mind to span the career of nobody; the sphere of action opened to this wonderful person so enlarges every day that the limited faculties of anybody are too weak to compass it. [ Dickens ]

O poets! what injury you have done us, and how right Plato was to banish you from his republic! How your ambrosia has rendered more bitter our absinth! How have we found our lives more barren and more desolate, after having turned our eyes toward the sublime perspectives which your dreams have opened in the infinite! [ T. Gautier ]

If I ever opened a trampoline store, I don't think I'd call it Trampo-Land, because you might think it was a store for tramps, which is not the impression we are trying to convey with our store. On the other hand, we would not prohibit tramps from browsing, or testing the trampolines, unless a tramp's gyrations seemed to be getting out of control. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

opened in Scrabble®

The word opened is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters opened:

DEPONE
(36)
OPENED
(36)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word opened

OPENED
(36)
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(33)
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(30)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In opened

DEPONE
(36)
OPENED
(36)
DEPONE
(33)
OPENED
(33)
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(30)
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(30)
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(27)
PEON
(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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(26)
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(24)
DOPE
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(22)
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opened in Words With Friends™

The word opened is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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

DEPONE
(69)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word opened

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(57)
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(57)
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(45)
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(44)
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(17)
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(12)
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OPENED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In opened

DEPONE
(69)
DEPONE
(57)
OPENED
(57)
OPENED
(57)
PEND
(51)
POND
(51)
DEEP
(48)
PEON
(48)
OPENED
(45)
DEPONE
(45)
DEPONE
(45)
DEPONE
(45)
OPENED
(45)
OPENED
(45)
OPENED
(44)
DEPONE
(44)
OPENED
(44)
DEPONE
(44)
DEPONE
(39)
PEND
(39)
OPENED
(39)
POND
(39)
DEPONE
(39)
OPENED
(39)
DEPONE
(39)
OPENED
(39)
OPENED
(38)
DOPE
(36)
PEON
(36)
OPEN
(36)
NOPE
(36)
DEEP
(36)
DEPONE
(33)
DEPONE
(33)
OPENED
(33)
OPENED
(33)
DOPE
(30)
DENE
(30)
DONE
(30)
NEED
(30)
NEED
(30)
DEPONE
(30)
DEPONE
(30)
NODE
(30)
DEPONE
(30)
OPENED
(30)
OPENED
(30)
OPEN
(30)
NOPE
(30)
POND
(27)
POND
(27)
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(27)
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(23)
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(19)
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(18)
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Words within the letters of opened

2 letter words in opened (5 words)

3 letter words in opened (11 words)

4 letter words in opened (11 words)

6 letter words in opened (Anagrams) (2 words)

opened + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence opened

Words that start with opened (1 word)

Words with opened in them (1 word)

Words that end with opened (3 words)

Word Growth involving opened

Shorter words in opened

en pen open

pe pen open

Longer words containing opened

reopened

unopened