What it means
- (verb) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (verb) To kill brutally.
- (verb) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation. “The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".”
- (adjective) (of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
- (adjective) (by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or distorted beyond recognition. “a butchered translation of Horace”
Letter analysis
- Butchered contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Sub-words
- berthed
- butcher
- retched
- breech
- cherub
- curbed
- etched
- etcher
- reduce
- beech
- beret
- berth
- breed
- brute
- butch
- cheer
- chute
- creed
- crude
- cruet
- cubed
- cured
- cuter
- debut
- deter
- deuce
- erect
- ether
- rebut
- retch
- there
- three
- treed
- truce
- trued
- tubed
- tuber
- beer
- beet
- bred
- cede
- crud
- cube
- cued
- curb
- curd
- cure
- curt
- cute
- debt
- deer
- drub
- duct
- duet
- ecru
- etch
- heed
- herb
- herd
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with BUT
- but
- butane
- butch
- butcher
- butcheries
- butchering
- butchers
- butchery
- butches
- butler
- butlers
- buts
- butt
- butte
- butted
- butter
- buttercup
- buttercups
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Words ending with RED
Common questions
What does Butchered mean?
To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
How many letters are in Butchered?
Butchered has 9 letters.
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