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Is gilder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gilder is a Scrabble US word. The word gilder is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is gilder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gilder is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (6 found)

GILDER,GIRDLE,GLIDER,LIDGER,REGILD,RIDGEL,

5-letter words (9 found)

DERIG,DIRGE,GELID,GLIDE,GRIDE,IDLER,LIGER,RIDGE,RILED,

4-letter words (25 found)

DEIL,DELI,DIEL,DIRE,DIRL,DREG,EILD,GELD,GIED,GILD,GIRD,GIRL,GLED,GLEI,GLID,GRID,IDLE,IRED,LEIR,LIED,LIER,LIRE,RIDE,RIEL,RILE,

3-letter words (25 found)

DEG,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIG,ELD,ERG,GED,GEL,GER,GID,GIE,IDE,IRE,LED,LEG,LEI,LID,LIE,LIG,RED,REG,REI,RID,RIG,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ER,GI,ID,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 75 words from gilder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gilder

gilder

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪldə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪldɚ/
  • Homophone: guilder
  • Rhymes: -ɪldə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: gild‧er

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilder (“gilder; goldsmith”) [and other forms], from gilden (“to cover with gilding, gild; to decorate with gold”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish; green, yellow”)) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns, especially the names of persons engaged in professions or trades); analysable as gild +‎ -er.

Noun

gilder (plural gilders)

  1. One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.
Alternative forms
  • guilder (obsolete)
Derived terms
  • book-edge gilder
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English gilder (“any of various coins (originally gold), especially in use in Flanders, Germany and Holland”) [and other forms], from Middle Dutch gulden, Middle Low German gulden (“guilder”), influenced by Middle English gilden (“made of gold; covered or decorated with gold; of a gold colour; wealthy; glorious; precious; blessed, happy; relating to the middle way or mean”).

Noun

gilder (plural gilders)

  1. (archaic, rare) Alternative spelling of guilder

References

Further reading

  • gilder (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “gilder, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • Dilger, girdle, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel

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Noun

gilder c

  1. indefinite plural of gilde

Source: wiktionary.org