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Is herd a Scrabble word?

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

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Is herd a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1R1D2

Is herd a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word herd is a Words With Friends word. The word herd is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

HERD,

3-letter words (4 found)

EDH,HER,RED,REH,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EH,ER,HE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from herd according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of herd

herd ehrd hred rhed erhd rehd hedr ehdr hder dher edhr dehr hrde rhde hdre dhre rdhe drhe erdh redh edrh derh rdeh dreh

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

Definitions and meaning of herd

herd

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɜːd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɝd/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
  • Homophone: heard

Etymology 1

From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Danish hjord, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo.

Noun

herd (plural herds)

  1. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]
  2. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.]
  3. (now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. [from 15th c.]
Hyponyms
  • (group of elephants): parade
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Verb

herd (third-person singular simple present herds, present participle herding, simple past and past participle herded)

  1. (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
    Sheep herd on many hills.
  2. (transitive) To unite or associate in a herd
  3. (transitive) To manage, care for or guard a herd
  4. (intransitive) To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
  5. To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)
Derived terms
  • herd together
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. Cognate with German Hirte, Swedish herde, Danish hyrde.

Noun

herd (plural herds)

  1. (now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
    Synonyms: herder, herdsman
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Verb

herd (third-person singular simple present herds, present participle herding, simple past and past participle herded)

  1. (intransitive, Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
  2. (transitive) To form or put into a herd.
  3. (transitive) To move or drive a herd.
Translations

See also

  • Appendix:English collective nouns
  • drove
  • gather
  • muster
  • round up
  • ride herd on

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

herd

  1. Alternative form of herde (“herd”)

Etymology 2

Noun

herd

  1. Alternative form of herde (“herder”)

Etymology 3

Noun

herd

  1. Alternative form of hird (“household”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

herd

  1. imperative of herde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse herðr.

Alternative forms

  • hær, hør

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hæːr/

Noun

herd f (definite singular herda, indefinite plural herdar or herder, definite plural herdane or herdene)

  1. shoulder
    Synonyms: skulder, aksel

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • herda

Participle

herd (neuter herdt, definite singular and plural herde)

  1. past participle of herde

References

  • “herd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “Hær”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *herþ.

Noun

herd m

  1. hearth

Descendants

  • Middle High German: hert
    • Cimbrian: hèart
    • German: Herd
    • Luxembourgish: Häerd

Source: wiktionary.org