Is OLD a Scrabble word?
Yes. OLD is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
“an old abandoned building”
Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
“I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.”
Having existed or lived for the specified time.
“How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.”
Of an earlier time.
“My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians”
Noun 2 meanings
People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
“A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.”
A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English old, oold, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, tall, big”).
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OLD at a glance
OLD has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (O 1 + L 1 + D 2) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #163 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -OLD
More endings- TOLD5
- HOLD8
- GOLD6
- COLD7
- SOLD5
- HOUSEHOLD16
- BOLD7
- FOLD8
- THRESHOLD16
- MOLD7
- BEHOLD12
- UPHOLD12
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