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Is bawd a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bawd is a Scrabble US word. The word bawd is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

B3A1W4D2

Is bawd a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bawd is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3A1W4D2

Is bawd a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bawd is a Words With Friends word. The word bawd is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1W4D2

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4-letter words (1 found)

BAWD,

3-letter words (5 found)

BAD,DAB,DAW,WAB,WAD,

2-letter words (5 found)

AB,AD,AW,BA,DA,

You can make 11 words from bawd according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bawd

bawd abwd bwad wbad awbd wabd badw abdw bdaw dbaw adbw dabw bwda wbda bdwa dbwa wdba dwba awdb wadb adwb dawb wdab dwab

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

Definitions and meaning of bawd

bawd

Alternative forms

  • baud
  • baude

Etymology

From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɔːd/
  • (US) enPR: bôd, IPA(key): /bɔd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːd
  • Homophones: board, bored (non-rhotic)

Noun

bawd (plural bawds)

  1. (now archaic or historical) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) A person who facilitates an immoral act, especially one of a sexual nature.
  3. A lewd person.

Synonyms

  • pimp

Derived terms

Adjective

bawd (comparative more bawd, superlative most bawd)

  1. (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay.

Verb

bawd (third-person singular simple present bawds, present participle bawding, simple past and past participle bawded)

  1. (archaic) To procure women for lewd purposes.

Anagrams

  • BWAD, dawb

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mawd < Proto-Celtic *mā-to- < Proto-Indo-European *mē-. Compare Breton meud and Cornish meus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbau̯d/

Noun

bawd m or f (plural bodiau)

  1. thumb
  2. big toe
  3. claw (of crab or lobster)
  4. (in slate quarrying) a flaw or crack in the slate
    Synonyms: crych, las, bachiad
  5. a bar projecting from rock face to which ropes are attached
  6. (of a railway or tramway) points, turnouts

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