Bald in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is bald a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bald is a Scrabble US word. The word bald is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is bald a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bald is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BALD,BLAD,

3-letter words (7 found)

ALB,BAD,BAL,DAB,DAL,LAB,LAD,

2-letter words (6 found)

AB,AD,AL,BA,DA,LA,

You can make 15 words from bald according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bald

bald abld blad lbad albd labd badl abdl bdal dbal adbl dabl blda lbda bdla dbla ldba dlba aldb ladb adlb dalb ldab dlab

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bald. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bald.

Definitions and meaning of bald

bald

Etymology

From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (bald), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (ball, round object, knoll, head). Compare with Old Danish bældet (bald).

Alternate etymology has Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰- (bala-, shining, grey (of body)), Old English bǣl (fire, flame; funeral pyre) (both from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (white spot on the forehead) and ballë (forehead).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɔːld/, [bɔːɫd]
  • (UK, nonstandard) IPA(key): /bəʊld/, [bɒʊld]
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɔld/
  • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /bɑld/
  • Homophone: balled
  • Rhymes: -ɔːld

Adjective

bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest)

  1. Having no hair, fur or feathers.
    Synonym: hairless
    Antonyms: faxed, haired
  2. (specifically) Having no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head although hair may still grow on the sides and back of the head.
  3. Having areas (of fur or plumage) that are coloured white, especially on the head. (of animals)
  4. (by extension) Denuded of any covering.
  5. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
  6. (of a statement or account) Unembellished.
  7. (of a statement) Without evidence or support being provided.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bald (plural balds)

  1. (Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

Verb

bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded)

  1. (intransitive) To become bald.

Translations

See also

  • callow
  • nott

Further reading

  • bald on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Appalachian balds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • ABDL, DLAB, blad

German

Etymology

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balt/
  • Homophone: ballt

Adverb

bald (comparative eher or früher, superlative am ehesten or frühesten)

  1. soon, near in time
    Synonyms: demnächst, in Kürze, zeitnah
  2. almost
    Synonyms: fast, beinahe
  3. (repeated) Indicates a quick succession of events.

Derived terms

  • alsbald
  • bis bald
  • in Bälde
  • sobald

Related terms

  • -bold

Further reading

  • “bald” in Duden online
  • “bald” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑld/, [bɑɫd]

Adjective

bald (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of beald

Declension

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • pald

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English beald, Old Norse ballr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bald/

Adjective

bald

  1. bold, quick

Derived terms

  • baldī (boldness)
  • baldo

Descendants

  • Middle High German: balt
    • German: (obsolete) bald
    • Bavarian: bald

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.

Adjective

bald (comparative baldoro, superlative baldost)

  1. bold, fearless

Declension




Descendants

  • Middle Low German: bald, bold, balt, bolt
    • German Low German: bold, boll

Source: wiktionary.org