Words Ending in ED
Browse all 218 English words ending in ED in the WordFinderHQ dictionary.
Why words ending in ED win Scrabble games
The -ED ending is a Scrabble cheat code. Thousands of verbs take -ED for the past tense, which means you can often hook just two tiles onto a word already on the board — play becomes played — and score the whole word again, sometimes across a premium square. Keeping an E and a D in reserve is a classic endgame tactic.
Beyond the board, -ED words dominate crosswords: constructors lean on past-tense verbs for tricky clues, and a known ending shrinks the candidate list fast. Top scorers here include authorized (23), experienced (23) and recognized (23).
Browse all 218 words ending in ED below, or use the crossword solver with a pattern like ???ed to filter by length at the same time.
All 218 words ending in ED
- accepted
- added
- adopted
- advanced
- affected
- aged
- agreed
- allowed
- announced
- applied
- approved
- asked
- assigned
- associated
- attached
- authorized
- based
- bed
- bleed
- bored
- breed
- called
- carried
- caused
- certified
- changed
- charged
- classified
- closed
- collected
- combined
- committed
- compared
- completed
- concerned
- conducted
- connected
- considered
- contained
- continued
- controlled
- covered
- created
- creed
- cried
- decided
- dedicated
- defined
- delivered
- described
- designated
- designed
- detailed
- determined
- developed
- died
- directed
- disabled
- discussed
- displayed
- distributed
- ed
- edited
- employed
- enabled
- ended
- entered
- established
- estimated
- expected
- experienced
- expressed
- extended
- eyed
- failed
- featured
- fed
- feed
- filed
- filled
- finished
- fixed
- focused
- followed
- forced
- formed
- fred
- generated
- granted
- guaranteed
- happened
- helped
- hosted
- hundred
- identified
- implemented
- improved
- included
- increased
- indeed
- indexed
- indicated
- informed
- installed
- integrated
- intended
- interested
- introduced
- involved
- issued
- joined
- killed
- learned
- led
- licensed
- limited
- linked
- listed
- located
- logged
- looked
- loved
- maintained
- managed
- married
- med
- mentioned
- missed
- mixed
- modified
- moved
- naked
- named
- need
- needed
- noted
- observed
- obtained
- occurred
- offered
- opened
- ordered
- owned
- passed
- performed
- placed
- planned
- played
- posted
- powered
- preferred
- prepared
- presented
- printed
- produced
- proposed
- protected
- provided
- published
- purchased
- qualified
- raised
- rated
- reached
- received
- recognized
- recommended
- recorded
- red
- reduced
- reed
- referred
- registered
- related
- released
- removed
- reported
- requested
- required
- reserved
- returned
- reviewed
- revised
- robed
- saved
- scheduled
- seed
- seemed
- selected
- served
- shared
- showed
- signed
- sorted
- specified
- speed
- sponsored
- started
- stated
- stored
- submitted
- suggested
- supplied
- supported
- ted
- tested
- tied
- treated
- tried
- turned
- united
- unlimited
- updated
- used
- viewed
- wanted
- wed
- worked
Longest Words Ending in "ED"
The ten longest "ED"-ending words in our dictionary — great for crossword slots and big Scrabble racks:
- distributed (11 letters)
- established (11 letters)
- experienced (11 letters)
- implemented (11 letters)
- recommended (11 letters)
- associated (10 letters)
- authorized (10 letters)
- classified (10 letters)
- considered (10 letters)
- controlled (10 letters)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many English words end in ED?
Our dictionary lists 218 common words ending in ED.
Why do so many words end in ED?
ED is the standard past-tense ending for regular English verbs — walked, played, wanted — so it appears on thousands of everyday words.
How do -ED words help in Scrabble?
You can hook E and D onto a verb already on the board to form its past tense, scoring the full word again. It's one of the highest-value two-tile plays in the game.
What is the highest-scoring word ending in ED?
authorized at 23 points, followed by experienced and recognized.