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Is horrid a Scrabble word?

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

H4O1R1R1I1D2

Is horrid a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4O1R1R1I1D2

Is horrid a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word horrid is a Words With Friends word. The word horrid is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3O1R1R1I1D2

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6-letter words (1 found)

HORRID,

5-letter words (1 found)

RORID,

4-letter words (3 found)

DORR,HORI,ROID,

3-letter words (9 found)

DOH,DOR,HID,HOD,HOI,ORD,RHO,RID,ROD,

2-letter words (10 found)

DI,DO,HI,HO,ID,IO,OD,OH,OI,OR,

You can make 24 words from horrid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of horrid

horrid

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɹɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹɪd, -ɔɹɪd

Adjective

horrid (comparative horrider or more horrid, superlative horridest or most horrid)

  1. (archaic) Bristling, rough, rugged.
  2. Causing horror or dread.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening
    • 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, V-iv, 1866, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2, page 327,
      Set out the altar! I myself will be / The priest, and boldly do those horrid rites / You shake to think on.
  3. Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.
    • 1668 October 23, Samuel Pepys, Diary, 1858, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S., Volume 4, 6th Edition, page 39,
      My Lord Chief Justice Keeling hath laid the constable by the heels to answer it next Sessions: which is a horrid shame.

Usage notes

  • According to OED, horrid and horrible were originally almost synonymous, but in modern use horrid is somewhat less strong and tending towards the "offensive, disagreeable" sense.

Synonyms

  • abominable
  • alarming
  • appalling
  • awful
  • dire
  • dreadful
  • frightful
  • harrowing
  • hideous
  • horrible
  • revolting
  • shocking
  • terrific

Translations

References

  • “horrid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “horrid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org