You can make 6 words from bad according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of bad
bad abd bda dba adb dab
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bad. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bad.
Definitions and meaning of bad
bad
Translingual
Symbol
bad
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Banda languages.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bæd/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /bæːd/
(New Zealand) IPA(key): /bɛd/
(Wales) IPA(key): /baːd/
(æ-tensing) IPA(key): /bɛəd/
Rhymes: -æd
Homophone: bade (one pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishbad, badde(“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old Englishbæddel(“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan(“to defile”), compare Old High Germanpad(“hermaphrodite”). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegianbad(“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danishbad(“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *badą, whence also Proto-Germanic *badōną(“to frighten”), Old Saxonundarbadōn(“to frighten”), Norwegian Nynorskbada(“to weigh down, press”).
Adjective
bad (comparativeworseor(nonstandard)badderor(nonstandard)more bad, superlativeworstor(nonstandard)baddestor(nonstandard)most bad)
Unfavorable; negative; not good.
Synonyms:unfavorable, negative; see also Thesaurus:bad
Not suitable or fitting.
Synonyms:inappropriate, unfit; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
Not appropriate, of manners etc.
Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
Synonyms:unhealthful, unwholesome; see also Thesaurus:harmful
(chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
Synonyms:ill, poorly, sickly; see also Thesaurus:ill
(often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
Synonyms:foul, loathsome; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
(sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
Synonyms:vile, vicious; see also Thesaurus:evil
Faulty; not functional.
Synonyms:inoperative; see also Thesaurus:out of order
(of food)Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
Synonyms:rotten; see also Thesaurus:rotten
(of breath)Malodorous; foul.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:malodorous
False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
Synonyms:fake, spurious; see also Thesaurus:fake
Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
Synonyms:bungling, inept; see also Thesaurus:unskilled
Of poor physical appearance.
Synonyms:repulsive, unsightly; see also Thesaurus:ugly
(informal) Bold and daring.
Synonyms:(slang)badass; see also Thesaurus:brave
(slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:good
(of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
Synonyms:dire; see also Thesaurus:urgent
(US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:promiscuous
(originally African-American Vernacular, slang, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
(slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
Synonyms:rubber, hot
(Internet slang, sarcastic)Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
When placed after the main verb, use of bad as an intensifier is often more accepted than badly. Compare:
I bad need to eat. I badly need to eat.
I need bad to eat. I need badly to eat.
I need to eat bad. I need to eat badly.
It is also common in certain set expressions, such as bad off, which may be perceived as an extended form of the adjective bad rather than the adverb bad ~ badly modifying the adjective off.
Translations
Noun
bad (pluralbads)
Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
(slang, with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.
(countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
Translations
Interjection
bad
Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet.
Translations
References
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishbad, from Old Englishbæd, first and third-person singular indicative past tense of biddan(“to ask”).
Verb
bad
(archaic)alternative past of bid. See bade.
Etymology 3
Unknown
Verb
bad (third-person singular simple presentbads, present participlebadding, simple past and past participlebadded)
(British, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in A. Gregory, “Gloucestershire Dialect,” Notes and Queries, 5th ser., 6, 148 (1876‑10‑28): 346
A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈb̥æˀð], [ˈb̥æðˀ]
Verb
bad
past of bede
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈb̥æˀð], [ˈb̥æðˀ]
Verb
bad
imperative of bade
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɑt/
Hyphenation: bad
Rhymes: -ɑt
Homophone: Bath
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchbat, from Old Dutch*bath, from Proto-Germanic*baþą.
Noun
badn (pluralbaden, diminutivebadjen)
bath (object)
the act or process of bathing
immersion
Derived terms
Related terms
baden
Descendants
Afrikaans: bad
Negerhollands: bad, bat
→? Sranan Tongo: bat
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bad
singular past indicative of bidden
Gothic
Romanization
bad
Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌳
Indonesian
Etymology
From Classical Persianباد(bād, “wind”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbat̚/
Noun
bad (first-person possessivebadku, second-person possessivebadmu, third-person possessivebadnya)
(archaic) wind
Synonym:angin
Related terms
Further reading
“bad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Khasi
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /baːt/
Conjunction
bad
and, with
Lushootseed
Noun
bad
father
Maltese
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /baːt/
Verb
bad (imperfectjbid, past participlemibjud, verbal nounbidien)
Alternative form of bied
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norsebað, from Proto-Germanic*baþą(“bath”).