sword
A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
Noun 4 meanings
A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
“He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.”
A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Violence; military might.
Verb 1 meaning
To stab or cut with a sword
Etymology
Inherited from West Midland Middle English sword (swerd in most dialects), from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”).
SWORD at a glance
SWORD has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + W 4 + O 1 + R 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,777 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sword
All rhymesOne letter away
- SWORN8
- SWORE8
- SWARD9
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