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Is hedge a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hedge is a Scrabble US word. The word hedge is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is hedge a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hedge is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

H4E1D2G2E1

Is hedge a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hedge is a Words With Friends word. The word hedge is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

HEDGE,

4-letter words (5 found)

EDGE,EHED,GEED,GHEE,HEED,

3-letter words (5 found)

DEE,DEG,EDH,GED,GEE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,EE,EH,HE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from hedge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of hedge

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Definitions and meaning of hedge

hedge

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: hĕj, IPA(key): /hɛd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdʒ

Etymology 1

From Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of quay. More at haw.

Noun

hedge (plural hedges)

  1. A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
  2. A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
  3. (UK, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
  5. (pragmatics) A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
    Coordinate term: weasel word
  6. (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
    Coordinate term: diversification
  7. (UK, Ireland, noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
    • , Folio Society 1973, p.639:
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Etymology 2

From Middle English heggen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

hedge (third-person singular simple present hedges, present participle hedging, simple past and past participle hedged)

  1. (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
  2. (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
  3. (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
  5. (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
  6. (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
    Coordinate term: diversify
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Further reading

  • hedge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Hedge on investopedia.com

Anagrams

  • Ghede, Hegde

Middle English

Noun

hedge

  1. Alternative form of hegge

Source: wiktionary.org