Is DUD a Scrabble word?
Yes. DUD is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
Noun 2 meanings
A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
A failure of any kind.
“I got stuck with a seatmate who was a conversational dud.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Useless; failing; ineffective.
Verb 1 meaning
to swindle; to deceive or rip off.
Etymology
From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel.
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DUD at a glance
DUD has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (D 2 + U 1 + D 2) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #28,435 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -DUD
More endings- HUDUD10
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