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Is lard a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lard is a Scrabble US word. The word lard is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is lard a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lard is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

L1A1R1D2

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4-letter words (1 found)

LARD,

3-letter words (5 found)

ARD,DAL,LAD,LAR,RAD,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AL,AR,DA,LA,

You can make 11 words from lard according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lard

lard alrd lrad rlad arld rald ladr aldr ldar dlar adlr dalr lrda rlda ldra dlra rdla drla ardl radl adrl darl rdal dral

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

Definitions and meaning of lard

lard

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɑːd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /lɑɹd/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

lard (countable and uncountable, plural lards)

  1. Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
  2. (obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
  3. (slang) Excess fat on a person or animal.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English larden, from Old French larder and Medieval Latin lārdō.

Verb

lard (third-person singular simple present lards, present participle larding, simple past and past participle larded)

  1. (cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
  2. To smear with fat or lard.
  3. To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.
  4. To fatten; to enrich.
  5. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
  6. To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.
  7. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow fat.
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Translations

Anagrams

  • ARLD, LDAR, LRAD, darl

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French lard, from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laʁ/

Noun

lard m (plural lards)

  1. bacon
  2. lard

Derived terms

  • rentrer dans le lard

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • larde

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lard, from Latin lāridum, lārdum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lard/, /laːrd/

Noun

lard (uncountable)

  1. Bacon; fatty cured pork.
  2. (by extension) Other fatty cured meat.
  3. Lard, fat (usually of pigs)

Related terms

  • larden
  • lardener
  • larder

Descendants

  • English: lard
  • Scots: lair, laird (obsolete)

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lardum, laridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

lard oblique singular, m (oblique plural larz or lartz, nominative singular larz or lartz, nominative plural lard)

  1. A cut of meat from a pig.
  2. lard (fatty substance)

Descendants

  • French: lard
  • → Middle English: lard, larde
    • English: lard
    • Scots: lair, laird (obsolete)

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lardum, laridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

lard n (plural larduri)

  1. (regional) bacon
  2. (regional) pig-fat

Declension

Synonyms

  • slănină

Derived terms

  • lărdos
  • lărdar

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

lard m

  1. (Puter) bacon

Synonyms

  • charnpüerch
  • panzetta

Source: wiktionary.org