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Is dud a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dud is a Scrabble US word. The word dud is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

D2U1D2

Is dud a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dud is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

D2U1D2

Is dud a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dud is a Words With Friends word. The word dud is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2U2D2

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3-letter words (1 found)

DUD,

You can make 1 words from dud according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of dud

dud udd ddu ddu udd dud

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Definitions and meaning of dud

dud

Etymology

From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dyja (“to shake, tremble”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dŭd, IPA(key): /dʌd/
  • Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

dud (plural duds)

  1. (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
  2. (informal) A failure of any kind.
    1. (informal) A loser; an unlucky person.
    2. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
  3. (obsolete, informal) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.

Synonyms

  • (losing lottery ticket): blank

Translations

See also

  • wet firecracker

References

Adjective

dud (not comparable) (superlative duddest)

  1. Useless; failing; ineffective.

Anagrams

  • DDU, UDD

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdut]
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

dud

  1. genitive plural of dudy

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic دُود (dūd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːt/

Noun

dud m (collective, singulative dudu or duda, plural dwied, paucal dudiet)

  1. worms; worms as a species

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: dud

Noun

dud

  1. genitive plural of dudy

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوت (tut, dut), from Persian توت (tut).

Noun

dud m (plural duzi)

  1. mulberry (tree)

Declension

Derived terms

  • dudă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوت (tut, dut), from Persian توت (tut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dûd/

Noun

dȕd m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏д)

  1. mulberry (fruit)
    Synonym: mȗrva

Declension

Welsh

Noun

dud

  1. Soft mutation of tud.

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org