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Is held a Scrabble word?

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

H4E1L1D2

Is held a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1L1D2

Is held a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word held is a Words With Friends word. The word held is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

HELD,

3-letter words (4 found)

DEL,EDH,ELD,LED,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,EH,EL,HE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from held according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of held

held ehld hled lhed elhd lehd hedl ehdl hdel dhel edhl dehl hlde lhde hdle dhle ldhe dlhe eldh ledh edlh delh ldeh dleh

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word held. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in held.

Definitions and meaning of held

held

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛld/
  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Verb

held

  1. simple past and past participle of hold

Derived terms

  • land-held

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse heill (omen, happiness), from Proto-Germanic *hailzą, from the adjective *hailaz (whole, sound) (Danish hel). Compare Norwegian Bokmål hell, Norwegian Nynorsk hell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛlˀ]

Noun

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

  1. luck, fortune

Synonyms

  • lykketræf
  • lykke
  • succes

Antonyms

  • uheld

Related terms

  • heldig
  • heldigvis
  • held i uheld
  • held og lykke

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch helt, helet (hero, man, warrior), from Old Dutch helt (man), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (man, hero).

Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛlt/
  • Hyphenation: held
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, feminine heldin)

  1. hero

Derived terms

  • heldendaad
  • heldendicht
  • heldendom
  • heldenmoed
  • heldhaftig
  • heldin
  • held op sokken
  • krijgsheld
  • oorlogsheld
  • superheld
  • volksheld
  • zeeheld

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: helt

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛlt/
    Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

held

  1. first-person singular present indicative of halda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

held

  1. present of halda

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (man, hero), further etymology unknown.

Noun

held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)

  1. hero

Derived terms

  • heldinne

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org