deep
Definitions, pronunciation, related words, and community validation from players who tested this word in Spelling Bee.
Community validation
Did you try this word? Vote to let us know if it was accepted or not.
Your vote can be updated later, but rapid repeated voting is rate-limited.
Spelling Bee Profile
How deep fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
D E P
Two-Letter Start
DE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
EP
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- DE start
- EP ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- deep is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, e, p plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (E x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The EP ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DE start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily page.
Next useful action
Put deep back into puzzle context.
Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
(with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
"creatures of the deep"
noun
(with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
"the deep of night"
noun
A deep shade of colour.
noun
The profound part of a problem.
noun
(with "the") The sea, the ocean.
noun
A fielding position near the boundary.
"Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep."
adjective
(of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
adjective
(intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
adjective
(sound, voice) Low in pitch.
"She has a very deep contralto voice."
adjective
(of a color) Highly saturated.
"That's a very deep shade of blue."
adjective
(sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
"He was in a deep sleep."
adjective
Immersed, submerged (in).
"deep in debt"
adjective
Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
adjective
(of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
"deep time"
adverb
Deeply.
Related Words
Same Letters
- peeped
- pepped
- peed
Synonyms
- heavy
- meaningful
- profound
- low
- lowpitched
- bright
- rich
- vivid
- fast
- thick
- great
- large
Antonyms
- frivolous
- light
- shallow
- superficial
- high
- highpitched
- piping
- desaturated
- pale
- washedout
- thin
- small