weird
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
“There are lots of weird people in this place.”
Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
“It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.”
Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
“a weird story”
Belonging, pertaining, or related to fate, destiny, or to the Fates; able to influence fate.
Noun 3 meanings
A prediction.
That which comes to pass; a fact.
Weirdness.
Verb 2 meanings
To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
To warn solemnly; adjure.
Etymology
From Middle English werde, wierde, wirde, wyrede, wurde, from Old English wyrd (“fate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurdi, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with Icelandic urður (“fate”). Related to Old English weorþan (“to become”); more at worth (verb).
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WEIRD at a glance
WEIRD has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + I 1 + R 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,607 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with weird
All rhymes- THIRD9
- BIRD7
- LAIRD6
- MOCKINGBIRD23
- HUMMINGBIRD22
- BLACKBIRD20
- BLUEBIRD13
- THUNDERBIRD18
- SONGBIRD12
- FIREBIRD14
- LADYBIRD15
- SEABIRD10
One letter away
- WEIRS8
- REIRD6
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