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Is board a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word board is a Scrabble US word. The word board is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is board a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word board is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3O1A1R1D2

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Yes. The word board is a Words With Friends word. The word board is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (6 found)

ABORD,BARDO,BOARD,BROAD,DOBRA,DORBA,

4-letter words (12 found)

BARD,BOAR,BORA,BORD,BRAD,BROD,DARB,DOAB,DORB,DRAB,ORAD,ROAD,

3-letter words (24 found)

ABO,ADO,ARB,ARD,BAD,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOD,BOR,BRA,BRO,DAB,DOB,DOR,OAR,OBA,ODA,ORA,ORB,ORD,RAD,ROB,ROD,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AD,AR,BA,BO,DA,DO,OB,OD,OR,

You can make 52 words from board according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of board

board obard baord abord oabrd aobrd borad obrad broad rboad orbad robad barod abrod braod rbaod arbod rabod oarbd aorbd orabd roabd arobd raobd boadr obadr baodr abodr oabdr aobdr bodar obdar bdoar dboar odbar dobar bador abdor bdaor dbaor adbor dabor oadbr aodbr odabr doabr adobr daobr borda obrda broda rboda orbda robda bodra obdra bdora dbora odbra dobra brdoa rbdoa bdroa dbroa rdboa drboa ordba rodba odrba dorba rdoba droba bardo abrdo brado rbado arbdo rabdo badro abdro bdaro dbaro adbro dabro brdao rbdao bdrao dbrao rdbao drbao ardbo radbo adrbo darbo rdabo drabo oardb aordb oradb roadb arodb raodb oadrb aodrb odarb doarb adorb daorb ordab rodab odrab dorab rdoab droab ardob radob adrob darob rdaob draob

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Definitions and meaning of board

board

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bôd, IPA(key): /bɔːd/
  • (General American) enPR: bôrd, IPA(key): /bɔɹd/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: bōrd, IPA(key): /bo(ː)ɹd/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: bōəd, IPA(key): /boəd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
  • Homophone: bored; baud, bawd (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English bord, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table."

Noun

board (countable and uncountable, plural boards)

  2. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
  4. A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
  6. A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
    Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.
  8. Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
  10. A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
  12. (uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
  14. (nautical) The side of a ship.
  16. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
  18. (ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
  20. (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
  22. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
    to bind a book in boards
  24. (video games) A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
  25. (TCGs) The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
  27. (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
  28. (Philippines, local government) A provincial assembly or council.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: ボード (bōdo)
Translations
See also
  • batten
  • beam
  • lath
  • plank
  • pole
  • slab
  • veneer

Verb

board (third-person singular simple present boards, present participle boarding, simple past and past participle boarded)

  1. (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
    Antonyms: alight, disembark
  2. (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
  3. (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
    • February 8, 1712, Charity Frost, The Spectator No. 296 (letter to the editor)
      We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house,
  5. (transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
  6. (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
  7. (transitive, now rare) To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
  8. To cover with boards or boarding.
  9. To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
  10. (transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
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Etymology 2

From backboard.

Noun

board (plural boards)

  1. (basketball, informal) A rebound.
Translations

Anagrams

  • B road, Bardo, Borda, Broad, Broad., Broda, Dobra, abord, adorb, bardo, broad, dobra

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English board.

Noun

board n (plural boarduri)

  1. board (of an organization)

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org