9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adjective worn and broken down by hard use
adjective affected by or full of grief or woe; - George du Maurier
originFrom Old English wābegān (“beset by woe”), from wā (“woe”) + begān (“to beset, to surround”). Equivalent to woe + begone (past participle of bego).
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