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

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Is grand a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

GRAND,

4-letter words (10 found)

DANG,DARG,DARN,DRAG,GNAR,GRAD,GRAN,NARD,RAND,RANG,

3-letter words (11 found)

AND,ARD,DAG,DAN,GAD,GAN,GAR,NAG,RAD,RAG,RAN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AD,AG,AN,AR,DA,NA,

You can make 28 words from grand according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of grand

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Definitions and meaning of grand

grand

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

Alternative forms

  • grande

Adjective

grand (comparative grander or more grand, superlative grandest or most grand)

  1. (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
    1. Of a large size or extent; great.
      a grand mountain
      a grand army
      a grand mistake
    2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
      a grand monarch
      a grand view
    3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
      a grand lodge
      a grand vizier
      a grand piano
      The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
      Grand Admiral
  2. (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
    grandfather, grandson, grand-child
  3. (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.
  4. (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
Synonyms
  • (augmentative): great, super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Noun

grand (plural grands or grand)

  1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
  2. (music, plural "grands") A grand piano
Translations

Etymology 2

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Noun

grand (plural grands)

  1. A grandparent or grandchild.

Further reading

  • “grand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • DRAGN

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grand (feminine grand or grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grands or grandes)

  1. big

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃/, (followed by vowel or h muet) /ɡʁɑ̃.t‿/

Adjective

grand (feminine grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes)

  1. big
  2. tall
  3. grown up, big
    Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. ― When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.
    Il l’a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. ― He did it all on his own like a big boy.
  4. great
    un grand homme ― a great man
    une grande dame ― a great lady
    un grand écrivain ― a great writer
    un grand compositeur ― a great composer
    Alexandre le Grand ― Alexander the Great
    Pierre le Grand ― Peter the Great
  5. big fat (an intensifier)
    Synonym: gros
    un grand tricheur ― a big fat cheater

Usage notes

This adjective is usually placed before the noun. When applied to people, the meaning "great" is only available when the adjective is before the noun. When it is placed after the noun, it can only mean physically large or (more commonly) tall. Un grand homme can be a great man or a large/tall man; un homme grand can only be a large/tall man.

Noun

grand m (plural grands, feminine grande)

  1. grown-up

Derived terms

See also

  • grand-mère
  • grand-père
  • grand-chose

Further reading

  • “grand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • grant (standard orthography)

Adjective

grand

  1. Alternative form of grant

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grand (“injury, hurt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

grand n (genitive singular grands, nominative plural grönd)

  1. (higher register, uncommon) damage, harm, destruction
    verða að grandi ― come to harm
  2. (card games) absence of trump cards/suits; no-trump
Declension
Synonyms
  • mein
  • skaði
  • óskundi
Related terms
  • granda

Etymology 2

From English grand (“magnificent”).

Adjective

grand

  1. (colloquial) grandiose, splashy, impressive
    Synonyms: tilkomumikill, flottur
    Veislan var svaka grand. ― The party was very grandiose.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian grande, from Latin grandis.

Adjective

grand

  1. big, large

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • grant

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes) (comparative greigneur, superlative greigneur)

  1. big; large

Descendants

  • French: grand
  • Norman: grand
  • Picard: grand
  • → English: grand

Norman

Alternative forms

  • grànd (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɑ̃/, /ɡrɔ̃/
  • (Jersey)

Adjective

grand m

  1. (Jersey) big

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

  1. big, large
    Antonyms: pichon, petit

Derived terms

  • grandament
  • grandàs
  • grandesa

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 538.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Syllabification: grand
  • Homophone: grant

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish grande.

Noun

grand m pers

  1. grandee (official aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish and Portuguese nobility)
  2. grandee (high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

grand f

  1. genitive plural of granda

Further reading

  • grand in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • grand in PWN's encyclopedia

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • grond (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)
  • grànd (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

  1. (Puter) big, large
  2. (Puter) tall

Swedish

Noun

grand n

  1. a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

Usage notes

  • The form grann is used in the adverb litegrann (“a bit”), which in older texts can be written litet grand.
  • Phrases like vi åt lunch på Grand, refer to a "Grand Hotel" available in several towns

Declension

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʀã/

Adjective

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes, feminine plural (before noun) grandès)

  1. large, big

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