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Is cupboard a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cupboard is a Scrabble US word. The word cupboard is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

C3U1P3B3O1A1R1D2

Is cupboard a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cupboard is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

C3U1P3B3O1A1R1D2

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Yes. The word cupboard is a Words With Friends word. The word cupboard is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4U2P4B4O1A1R1D2

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8-letter words (1 found)

CUPBOARD,

7-letter words (1 found)

BUCARDO,

5-letter words (25 found)

ABORD,BARDO,BOARD,BOURD,BROAD,CARBO,CAROB,COARB,COBRA,COPRA,COURB,COURD,CROUP,CRUDO,DOBRA,DORBA,DOUAR,DOURA,DRACO,DUROC,PROUD,PUBCO,PUDOR,PURDA,RAUPO,

4-letter words (69 found)

ACRO,APOD,ARCO,BAPU,BARD,BARP,BAUD,BAUR,BOAR,BORA,BORD,BRAD,BRAP,BROD,BUDA,BUDO,BURA,BURD,BURP,CAPO,CARB,CARD,CARP,CAUP,CODA,CORD,COUP,COUR,CRAB,CRAP,CROP,CRUD,CURB,CURD,DARB,DAUB,DAUR,DOAB,DOCU,DOPA,DORB,DORP,DOUC,DOUP,DOUR,DRAB,DRAC,DRAP,DROP,DRUB,DUAR,DURA,DURO,ORAD,ORCA,OUPA,PACO,PARD,POUR,PRAD,PRAO,PRAU,PROA,PROB,PROD,ROAD,ROUP,UPDO,URAO,

3-letter words (76 found)

ABO,ADO,APO,ARB,ARC,ARD,BAC,BAD,BAO,BAP,BAR,BOA,BOD,BOP,BOR,BRA,BRO,BRU,BUD,BUR,CAB,CAD,CAP,CAR,COB,COD,COP,COR,CRU,CUB,CUD,CUP,CUR,DAB,DAP,DOB,DOC,DOP,DOR,DUB,DUO,DUP,OAR,OBA,OCA,ODA,OPA,ORA,ORB,ORC,ORD,OUD,OUP,OUR,PAC,PAD,PAR,POA,POD,PRO,PUB,PUD,PUR,RAD,RAP,ROB,ROC,ROD,RUB,RUC,RUD,UDO,UPO,URB,URD,URP,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AD,AR,BA,BO,DA,DO,OB,OD,OP,OR,OU,PA,PO,UP,UR,

You can make 188 words from cupboard according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cupboard

cupboard

Alternative forms

  • cobbarde, cobbourd, coberde, cobord, copbord, copborde, copbourd, copbourde, copburd, copburde, couborde, cowbard, cubbard, cubbarde, cubberd, cubbert, cubboard, cubboorde, cubbord, cubborde, cupbert, cupbard, cupboarde, cupboord, cupbord, cupborde, cupbourd, cupbourde, cupburd, cupburde, cuppord, cupporde (all obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cuppeborde, cupbord. Equivalent to cup +‎ board. Phonetic variants show that the /p/ in the original forms had assimilated to the present-day /b/ by the 16th century; the etymological spelling has, however, dominated from the 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌb.əd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌb.ɚd/
  • (Philippine) IPA(key): /ˈkʌp.boɹd/
  • Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ)d
  • Hyphenation: cup‧board

Noun

cupboard (plural cupboards)

  1. (obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet. [14th–18th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate. [16th–19th c.]
    • a. 1529, John Skelton, Why Come Ye Nat to Courte?; published in John Skelton; Alexander Dyce, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: With Notes, and Some Account of the Author and His Writings, by the Rev. Alexander Dyce. In Two Volumes., volume II, London: Thomas Rodd, Great Newport Street, 1843, OCLC 733571702, page 54, lines 897–904:
      But howe comme to pas, / Your cupbord that was / Is tourned to glasse, / From syluere to brasse, / From golde to pewter, / Or els to a newter, / To copper, to tyn, / To lede, or alcumyn?
  3. A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
  4. (obsolete) Things stored in a cupboard; particularly food.
    • c. 1665, Roxburghe Ballads; published as J[oseph] W[oodfall] Ebsworth, editor, The Roxburghe Ballads: Illustrating the Last Years of the Stuarts, volume VI, Hertford: Printed for the Ballad Society by S. Austin and Sons, 1871–1899, OCLC 13767296, page 529, lines 26–30:
      Some men they [make] love for what they can get, / And 'tis certain there's many a Lubbard; / Will sigh and will pant, seeming ready to faint, / And all for the love of the cubbard, brave boys! / And all [for the love of the Cup-board].
  5. (Western Pennsylvania, UK) A closet for storing coats.

Synonyms

  • (furniture used to display tableware): see sideboard
  • (kitchen or dining-room closet): see pantry, larder

Hypernyms

  • (storage built into a wall): see closet
  • (storage built onto a wall): see cabinet
  • (furniture used for general storage): press (Irish & Scots), wardrobe (British), closet (regional US)

Derived terms

  • cupboard (verb)

Descendants

  • → Chichewa: m'kabati
  • → Farefare: kobɔɔtɩ
  • → Gulf Arabic: كبت (kabat)
  • → Luhya: likapati
  • → Maori: kāpata
  • → Swahili: kabati
  • → Zulu: ekhabetheni

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Verb

cupboard (third-person singular simple present cupboards, present participle cupboarding, simple past and past participle cupboarded)

  1. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [from 16th century.]

Further reading

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "cupboard, n." and "cupboard, v." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1893.

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