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Is dido a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dido is a Scrabble US word. The word dido is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is dido a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dido is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

DIDO,

3-letter words (3 found)

DID,DOD,ODD,

2-letter words (6 found)

DI,DO,ID,IO,OD,OI,

You can make 10 words from dido according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dido

dido iddo ddio ddio iddo dido diod idod doid odid iodd oidd ddoi ddoi dodi oddi dodi oddi idod diod iodd oidd doid odid

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

Definitions and meaning of dido

dido

Etymology 1

Unknown. The "trick" sense might come from the trick of Dido, queen of Carthage, who, having bought as much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to enclose a spot for a citadel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪdəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ

Noun

dido (plural didos or didoes)

  1. (slang, regional) A fuss, a row.
  2. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

Etymology 2

Adverb

dido (not comparable)

  1. (US) Misspelling of ditto.

Anagrams

  • doid

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin digitus (“finger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: di‧do

Noun

dido m (plural didos)

  1. finger
  2. toe

References

  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “dido”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Esperanto

Alternative forms

  • dodo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdido]
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: di‧do

Noun

dido (accusative singular didon, plural didoj, accusative plural didojn)

  1. dodo (bird)

Latin

Alternative forms

  • disdō

Etymology

From dis- +‎ dō (“to give”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.doː/, [ˈd̪iːd̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.do/, [ˈd̪iːd̪o]

Verb

dīdō (present infinitive dīdere, perfect active dīdidī, supine dīditum); third conjugation

  1. to give out, spread abroad, disseminate, distribute, scatter

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dīditus
  • dīdimus

References

  • “dido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “dido”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “dido”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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