Meaning
- (verb) To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely. “I misspent my youth making friends and meeting people. Wait a minute: that's the secret of my success!”
- (adjective) Spent in a bad way, squandered “He had a misspent youth.”
Letter breakdown
- Misspent contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Words from these letters
- insteps
- misstep
- spinets
- insets
- instep
- smites
- snipes
- spines
- spinet
- spites
- steins
- emits
- inept
- inset
- items
- miens
- mines
- mints
- mists
- mites
- nests
- nites
- penis
- pests
- pines
- pints
- semis
- sites
- smite
- snipe
- snips
- snits
- spent
- spies
- spine
- spins
- spite
- spits
- stein
- stems
- steps
- sties
- tempi
- temps
- times
- tines
- emit
- imps
- isms
- item
- mess
- mien
- mine
- mint
- miss
- mist
- mite
- nest
- nets
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with MIS
- misadventure
- misadventures
- misalignment
- misalliance
- misalliances
- misanthrope
- misanthropes
- misanthropic
- misanthropist
- misanthropists
- misanthropy
- misapplication
- misapplied
- misapplies
- misapply
- misapplying
- misapprehend
- misapprehended
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Words ending with ENT
Reader questions
What does Misspent mean?
To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
How many letters are in Misspent?
Misspent has 8 letters.
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