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Is glide a Scrabble word?

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

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Is glide a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

GELID,GLIDE,

4-letter words (12 found)

DEIL,DELI,DIEL,EILD,GELD,GIED,GILD,GLED,GLEI,GLID,IDLE,LIED,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEG,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIG,ELD,GED,GEL,GID,GIE,IDE,LED,LEG,LEI,LID,LIE,LIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 39 words from glide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of glide

glide

English

Etymology

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-.

Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

glide (third-person singular simple present glides, present participle gliding, simple past glided or glid or (archaic) glode, past participle glided or glid or glidden or (archaic) glode)

  1. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  2. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
  3. (transitive) To cause to glide.
  4. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.

Synonyms

  • (to move effortlessly): coast, slide

Translations

Noun

glide (plural glides)

  1. The act of gliding.
  2. (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
    Synonyms: semivowel, semiconsonant
  3. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
  4. A bird, the glede or kite.
  5. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
    Hyponym: bell glide
  6. The joining of two sounds without a break.
  7. A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • gelid, lidge, liged

Middle English

Noun

glide

  1. Alternative form of glede (“kite (bird of prey)”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • glida (a infinitive)
  • gli (short form)

Etymology

From Middle Low German gliden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡliːə/

Verb

glide (present tense glid, past tense gleid, past participle glidd or glitt or glide, present participle glidande, imperative glid)

  1. to slip (to lose one's traction on a slippery surface)
  2. to glide (to move effortlessly)

References

  • “glide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡliː.de/
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡli.de/

Verb

glīde

  1. inflection of glīdan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Verb

glide

  1. inflection of glīdan:
    1. second-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive

Volapük

Noun

glide

  1. dative singular of glid

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian glīda, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlidə/, /ˈɡliːdə/

Verb

glide

  1. to glide, to slide

Inflection

Further reading

  • “glide”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org