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Is gild a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gild a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word gild is a Words With Friends word. The word gild is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

GILD,GLID,

3-letter words (4 found)

DIG,GID,LID,LIG,

2-letter words (4 found)

DI,GI,ID,LI,

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

All 4 letters words made out of gild

gild igld glid lgid ilgd ligd gidl igdl gdil dgil idgl digl gldi lgdi gdli dgli ldgi dlgi ildg lidg idlg dilg ldig dlig

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

Definitions and meaning of gild

gild

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪld/
  • Rhymes: -ɪld
  • Homophones: gilled, guild

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).

Verb

gild (third-person singular simple present gilds, present participle gilding, simple past and past participle gilded or gilt)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
  2. (transitive) To adorn.
  3. (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
  4. (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
  5. (transitive) To make appear drunk.
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Etymology 2

Noun

gild (plural gilds)

  1. Obsolete spelling of guild

See also

  • gild on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • DILG, glid

Gothic

Romanization

gild

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳

Irish

Etymology

From English guild.

Noun

gild m (genitive singular gild, nominative plural gildeanna)

  1. (historical) guild
    Synonym: cuallacht

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gild”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “guild”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • Entries containing “gild” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gildr, from Proto-Germanic *gildiz. Cognates include Icelandic gildur and Scots yauld.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪlː/

Adjective

gild (neuter gildt, definite singular and plural gilde, comparative gildare, indefinite superlative gildast, definite superlative gildaste)

  1. (also law) valid
    Antonym: ugild
  2. nice, healthy, rich, capable
  3. kind, good
  4. enjoyable
  5. happy
  6. proud

Derived terms

  • gilda (verb)

Related terms

  • gilde n
  • gjelda

References

  • “gild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jild/, [jiɫd]

Noun

ġild n

  1. Alternative form of ġield

Declension

Old Norse

Adjective

gild

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of gildr
  2. strong neuter nominative plural of gildr
  3. strong neuter accusative plural of gildr

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