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Is heald a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word heald is a Scrabble US word. The word heald is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

H4E1A1L1D2

Is heald a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word heald is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

H4E1A1L1D2

Is heald a Words With Friends word?

The word heald is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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5-letter words (2 found)

HALED,HEALD,

4-letter words (13 found)

AHED,DAHL,DALE,DEAL,DHAL,HADE,HAED,HALE,HEAD,HEAL,HELD,LADE,LEAD,

3-letter words (13 found)

ALE,DAE,DAH,DAL,DEL,EDH,ELD,HAD,HAE,LAD,LAH,LEA,LED,

2-letter words (13 found)

AD,AE,AH,AL,DA,DE,EA,ED,EH,EL,HA,HE,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from heald according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of heald

heald

English

Noun

heald (plural healds)

  1. Alternative form of hield
  2. (weaving) heddle

Verb

heald (third-person singular simple present healds, present participle healding, simple past and past participle healded)

  1. Alternative form of hield

Anagrams

  • Dahle, haled

Old English

Etymology 1

From or related to Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“bent, inclined”). Distantly related to Etymology 2 below.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑld/, [hæ͜ɑɫd]

Noun

heald n

  1. hold, guardianship, protection, rule
Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms
  • ġeheald n (“holding, observing, keeper, guardian”)
  • healdnes f (“holding, keeping, observance”)
  • healdsum (“protective”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *halþ, from Proto-Germanic *halþaz.

Adjective

heald

  1. bent, inclined
Declension
Derived terms
  • -heald

References

  • Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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