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Yes. The word abraid is a Scrabble US word. The word abraid is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word abraid is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

ABRAID,BAIDAR,

5-letter words (3 found)

BRAAI,BRAID,RABID,

4-letter words (18 found)

ABID,ABRI,AIDA,ARBA,ARIA,ARID,BARD,BIRD,BRAD,DARB,DARI,DRAB,DRIB,RABI,RAIA,RAID,RIAD,RIBA,

3-letter words (18 found)

ABA,AIA,AID,AIR,ARB,ARD,BAA,BAD,BAR,BID,BRA,DAB,DIB,RAD,RAI,RIA,RIB,RID,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AB,AD,AI,AR,BA,BI,DA,DI,ID,

You can make 51 words from abraid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abraid

abraid

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈbɹeɪd/
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Etymology 1

From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ābreġdan (“to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bregdaną (“to move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine”), equivalent to a- +‎ braid. Related to Dutch breien (“to knit”), German bretten (“to knit”).

Alternative forms

  • abray

Verb

abraid (third-person singular simple present abraids, present participle abraiding, simple past and past participle abraided or abraid)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To wrench (something) out. [10th–13th c.]
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To wake up. [11th–18th c.]
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To spring, start, make a sudden movement. [from 11th c.]
  4. (intransitive, transitive, obsolete) To shout out. [15th–16th c.]
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To rise in the stomach with nausea. [16th–19th c.]
Related terms
  • abray

Etymology 2

From Middle English abrede. More at abread.

Adverb

abraid (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of abread

References

  • The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition

Anagrams

  • Arabid, Rabadi, rabadi

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈabˠɾˠədʲ/

Verb

abraid

  1. (archaic, Munster) inflection of abair:
    1. third-person plural present indicative dependent
    2. third-person plural present subjunctive

Usage notes

The standard modern form is deir siad in the indicative and go ndeire siad in the subjunctive.

Mutation

Scots

Etymology 1

Nonce corruption from Middle English upbreiden, from Old English upbreġdan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌˈbred/

Verb

abraid

  1. to upbraid, criticize severely

References

  • “abraid, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Etymology 2

Adverb

abraid

  1. Alternative form of abreed (“abroad”)
References
  • “abraid, adv.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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