Meaning
- (verb) To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
- (verb) (by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
- (adjective) Having buttresses or supports. “Only the buttressed outer walls still stood .”
Letter breakdown
- Buttressed contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Words from these letters
- buttered
- buttress
- rebutted
- trustees
- betters
- bursted
- busters
- butters
- deserts
- dessert
- detests
- dusters
- rebuses
- setters
- streets
- tersest
- testers
- trussed
- trusted
- trustee
- uttered
- berets
- besets
- bested
- betted
- better
- breeds
- brutes
- bursts
- bussed
- busted
- buster
- butted
- butter
- buttes
- debuts
- desert
- deters
- detest
- duress
- duster
- esters
- rebuts
- resets
- rested
- reused
- reuses
- rudest
- russet
- rusted
- rutted
- serest
- setter
- steeds
- steers
- street
- struts
- subset
- surest
Connected words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with BUT
- but
- butane
- butch
- butcher
- butchered
- butcheries
- butchering
- butchers
- butchery
- butches
- butler
- butlers
- buts
- butt
- butte
- butted
- butter
- buttercup
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Words ending with SED
Reader questions
What does Buttressed mean?
To support something physically with, or as if with, a prop or buttress.
How many letters are in Buttressed?
Buttressed has 10 letters.
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