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Is ladder a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ladder a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1A1D2D2E1R1

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

LADDER,LARDED,RADDLE,

5-letter words (13 found)

ADDER,ADDLE,ADRED,ALDER,AREDD,ARLED,DALED,DARED,DEDAL,DREAD,LADED,LADER,READD,

4-letter words (21 found)

ARED,ARLE,DALE,DARE,DEAD,DEAL,DEAR,DRAD,EARD,EARL,LADE,LAER,LARD,LARE,LEAD,LEAR,RADE,RALE,READ,REAL,REDD,

3-letter words (17 found)

ADD,ALE,ARD,ARE,DAD,DAE,DAL,DEL,EAR,ELD,ERA,LAD,LAR,LEA,LED,RAD,RED,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AE,AL,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from ladder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ladder

ladder

Alternative forms

  • ledder (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English ladder, laddre, from Old English hlǣder, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlóydʰrom, from *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Compare Scots ledder, North Frisian ladder, Saterland Frisian Laadere, West Frisian ljedder, Dutch ladder, leer, German Leiter); also Old Irish clithar (“hedge”), Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌈𐌓𐌀𐌌 (kleθram, “stretcher”)). See lean, which is related to lid.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈladə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlædɚ/, [ˈlæɾɚ]
    • Homophone: latter

(in accents with flapping)

  • Hyphenation: lad‧der
  • Rhymes: -ædə(ɹ)

Noun

ladder (plural ladders)

  1. A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
  2. (figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
  3. (figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
  5. (chiefly British) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
  6. In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.

Usage notes

For stockings touted as resistant to ladders (unraveling), the phrase “ladder resist” is used in the UK. The American equivalent is “run resistant”.

Synonyms

  • (frame for ascent and descent): stepladder
  • (unravelled fabric): run (primarily US)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ladder (third-person singular simple present ladders, present participle laddering, simple past and past participle laddered)

  1. To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
  2. (chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
  4. Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
    • 1993, Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-177373-1; republished as Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, June 1997, ISBN 978-0-679-77681-9, page 254:
      He slid his hand up her skirt and murmured in her ear. / "Robert, I've just got dressed. Stop it." […] / He laddered her stocking and smudged her lipstick, but she had time to repair the damage before they went out.
  5. (UK, naval slang) To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
  6. (UK, law enforcement, of a police officer) To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes.

Anagrams

  • Aldred, larded, raddle

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • leeder (obsolete)
  • leer (dialectal, dated)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ladere, from Old Frisian hladder, hledder, hleder, hlērde, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.dər/
  • Hyphenation: lad‧der
  • Rhymes: -ɑdər

Noun

ladder f (plural ladders, diminutive laddertje n)

  1. A ladder.
  2. (clothing) A ladder, a run (length of unravelled fabric).

Meronyms

  • sport

Derived terms

  • toonladder
  • touwladder

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: leer
    • → Sotho: lere
    • → Xhosa: ileli

Middle English

Noun

ladder

  1. Alternative form of laddre

Source: wiktionary.org