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Is horde a Scrabble word?

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

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Is horde a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

HORDE,

4-letter words (13 found)

DERO,DOER,DORE,HERD,HERO,HOED,HOER,HORE,OHED,REDO,RODE,ROED,ROHE,

3-letter words (16 found)

DOE,DOH,DOR,EDH,HER,HOD,HOE,ODE,ORD,ORE,RED,REH,REO,RHO,ROD,ROE,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EH,ER,HE,HO,OD,OE,OH,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from horde according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of horde

horde ohrde hrode rhode orhde rohde hodre ohdre hdore dhore odhre dohre hrdoe rhdoe hdroe dhroe rdhoe drhoe ordhe rodhe odrhe dorhe rdohe drohe hored ohred hroed rhoed orhed rohed hoerd oherd heord ehord oehrd eohrd hreod rheod herod ehrod rehod erhod orehd roehd oerhd eorhd reohd erohd hoder ohder hdoer dhoer odher doher hoedr ohedr heodr ehodr oehdr eohdr hdeor dheor hedor ehdor dehor edhor odehr doehr oedhr eodhr deohr edohr hrdeo rhdeo hdreo dhreo rdheo drheo hredo rhedo herdo ehrdo rehdo erhdo hdero dhero hedro ehdro dehro edhro rdeho dreho redho erdho derho edrho ordeh rodeh odreh doreh rdoeh droeh oredh roedh oerdh eordh reodh erodh oderh doerh oedrh eodrh deorh edorh rdeoh dreoh redoh erdoh deroh edroh

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Definitions and meaning of horde

horde

Etymology

Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда́ (ordá, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”)), from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian орд (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”) and Kalmyk орда (orda). Also Doublet of Urdu.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôd, IPA(key): /hɔːd/
  • (General American) enPR: hôrd, IPA(key): /hɔɹd/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: hōrd, IPA(key): /ho(ː)ɹd/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /hoəd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
  • Homophones: hoard, whored

Noun

horde (plural hordes)

  1. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
  2. A large number of people or things.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)

  1. to travel en masse, to flock

Usage notes

  • Sometimes confused with hoard.

Anagrams

  • Herod, Rhode, Rohde

Danish

Etymology

From German Horde.

Noun

horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)

  1. horde

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔrdə/
  • Hyphenation: hor‧de
  • Rhymes: -ɔrdə

Etymology 1

Noun

horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)

  1. A horde
  2. A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs

Etymology 2

Noun

horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)

  1. A gross sieve
  2. A hurdle
Derived terms
  • hordeloop

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔʁd/

Noun

horde f (plural hordes)

  1. a horde

Further reading

  • “horde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Fula

Alternative forms

  • (Maasina) hoorde

Noun

horde nde

  1. (Pulaar) calabash

References

  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

horde

  1. Alternative form of hord

Etymology 2

Verb

horde

  1. Alternative form of horden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Horde.

Noun

horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene)

  1. a horde

References

  • “horde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Upper Sorbian

Adjective

horde

  1. inflection of hordy:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

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