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Is dread a Scrabble word?

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

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Is dread a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is dread a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dread is a Words With Friends word. The word dread is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (6 found)

ADDER,ADRED,AREDD,DARED,DREAD,READD,

4-letter words (9 found)

ARED,DARE,DEAD,DEAR,DRAD,EARD,RADE,READ,REDD,

3-letter words (9 found)

ADD,ARD,ARE,DAD,DAE,EAR,ERA,RAD,RED,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AE,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 34 words from dread according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of dread

dread rdead derad edrad redad erdad draed rdaed dared adred raded arded deard edard daerd aderd eadrd aedrd readd eradd raedd aredd eardd aerdd dreda rdeda derda edrda redda erdda drdea rddea ddrea ddrea rddea drdea dedra eddra ddera ddera eddra dedra redda erdda rdeda dreda edrda derda drade rdade darde adrde radde ardde drdae rddae ddrae ddrae rddae drdae dadre addre ddare ddare addre dadre radde ardde rdade drade adrde darde deadr edadr daedr adedr eaddr aeddr dedar eddar ddear ddear eddar dedar dader adder ddaer ddaer adder dader eaddr aeddr edadr deadr adedr daedr readd eradd raedd aredd eardd aerdd redad erdad rdead dread edrad derad raded arded rdaed draed adred dared eadrd aedrd edard deard aderd daerd

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

Definitions and meaning of dread

dread

Pronunciation

  • enPR: drĕd, IPA(key): /dɹɛd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

From Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan (“to fear, dread”), aphetic form of ondrǣdan (“to fear, dread”), from Proto-West Germanic *andarādan, equivalent to Old English and- +‎ rǣdan (whence read); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier adread.

Akin to Old Saxon antdrādan, andrādan (“to fear, dread”), Old High German intrātan (“to fear”), Middle High German entrāten (“to fear, dread, frighten”).

Verb

dread (third-person singular simple present dreads, present participle dreading, simple past and past participle dreaded)

  1. (transitive) To fear greatly.
  2. To anticipate with fear.
  3. (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
  4. (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
Derived terms
  • a burnt child dreads the fire, the burnt child dreads the fire
  • dreadable
  • dreadly
  • dreadworthy
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English drede, dred, from the verb (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian drēd, drēde (“fear, dread”).

Noun

dread (countable and uncountable, plural dreads)

  1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
  2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
  3. Somebody or something dreaded.
  4. (obsolete) A person highly revered.
  5. (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
  6. A Rastafarian.
  7. (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
  8. (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

From Middle English drede, dredde, dradde, ydreddyd (“feared, dreaded, honoured”), past participle of Middle English dreden (“to fear, dread”). See above.

Adjective

dread (comparative dreader, superlative dreadest)

  1. Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
    • 1980, Donald Fagen; Walter Becker (lyrics and music), "Glamour Profession" in Gaucho, track 3: "Jack with his radar / Stalking the dread moray eel"
  2. (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
Derived terms
  • dreadly
Translations

See also

  • dreadlocks
  • dreadnought

Anagrams

  • adder, dared, radde, re-add, readd

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • dreads

Pronunciation

Noun

dread m (plural dreads)

  1. Clipping of dreadlock.

Source: wiktionary.org