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What does holiday mean? Is holiday a Scrabble word?

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Is holiday a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word holiday is a Scrabble US word. The word holiday is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

H4O1L1I1D2A1Y4

Is holiday a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word holiday is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

H4O1L1I1D2A1Y4

Is holiday a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word holiday is a Words With Friends word. The word holiday is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3O1L2I1D2A1Y3

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7-letter words (3 found)

HOLIDAY,HYALOID,HYOIDAL,

6-letter words (1 found)

HALOID,

5-letter words (8 found)

AHOLD,DAILY,DOILY,DOLIA,HAILY,HALID,HYOID,IDOLA,

4-letter words (36 found)

AHOY,ALOD,DAHL,DALI,DHAL,DHOL,DIAL,DIOL,DIYA,HAIL,HALO,HILA,HILD,HIYA,HOLD,HOLY,HOYA,HYLA,IDLY,IDOL,IDYL,LADY,LAID,LIDO,LOAD,LOID,ODAH,ODAL,ODYL,OHIA,OILY,OLDY,OLID,YALD,YODH,YOLD,

3-letter words (31 found)

ADO,AHI,AID,AIL,DAH,DAL,DAY,DOH,DOL,DOY,HAD,HAO,HAY,HID,HOA,HOD,HOI,HOY,LAD,LAH,LAY,LID,LOD,LOY,ODA,OIL,OLD,YAD,YAH,YID,YOD,

2-letter words (22 found)

AD,AH,AI,AL,AY,DA,DI,DO,HA,HI,HO,ID,IO,LA,LI,LO,OD,OH,OI,OY,YA,YO,

You can make 101 words from holiday according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of holiday

holiday

Etymology

From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from Old English hāliġdæġ (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy +‎ day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/, /ˈhɒlɪdɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/

Noun

holiday (plural holidays)

  1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
    Synonyms: feast day, holy day
  2. A day declared free from work by the state or government.
    Synonyms: (UK) bank holiday, national holiday
  3. (chiefly UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
    Synonyms: leave, time off, (US) vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation
  4. (chiefly UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
    Synonym: (US) vacation
  5. (finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
  6. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
    Synonym: lacuna

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Verb

holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly British)

  1. (intransitive) To take a period of time away from work or study.
  2. (British, intransitive) To spend a period of time in recreational travel.

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Anagrams

  • hyaloid, hyoidal

Middle English

Noun

holiday

  1. Alternative form of halyday

Source: wiktionary.org