Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 10 letters

ramshackle

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aacehklmrsStarts with REnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2A3M4S5H6A7C8K9L10E

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

R_________

Definitions

  1. in deplorable condition

Word origin

First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).

Used in a sentence

  • They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
  • Steady old Curés come jolting past, now and then, in such ramshackle, rusty, musty, clattering coaches as no Englishman would believe in;[…]
  • There came […] my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for ramshackle yet.

Related words