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Is loud a Scrabble word?

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

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Is loud a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1O1U1D2

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4-letter words (3 found)

LOUD,LUDO,OULD,

3-letter words (8 found)

DOL,DUO,LOD,LOU,LUD,OLD,OUD,UDO,

2-letter words (4 found)

DO,LO,OD,OU,

You can make 15 words from loud according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of loud

loud olud luod ulod ould uold lodu oldu ldou dlou odlu dolu ludo uldo lduo dluo udlo dulo oudl uodl odul doul udol duol

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

Definitions and meaning of loud

loud

Alternative forms

  • lowd (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: loud, IPA(key): /laʊd/
  • Rhymes: -aʊd

Etymology 1

From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen.

Adjective

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

  1. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
  2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
  3. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
  4. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
  5. (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.
Synonyms
  • (of clothing, etc): garish, gaudy
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "sound"): quiet, soft
  • (antonym(s) of "person"): quiet
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

loud (countable and uncountable, plural louds)

  1. (colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
  2. (slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.
See also
  • dank

Etymology 2

From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1.

Adverb

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

  1. Loudly.
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Ludo, ludo, ludo-, ould

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English hlūd, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós.

Alternative forms

  • loude, lowd, lowde, lud

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luːd/

Adjective

loud (plural and weak singular loude, comparative loudere)

  1. Loud, noisy; producing much sound.
  2. (rare) Audible; detectable by hearing.
  3. (rare) Obvious; easily detectable or discernible.
Related terms
  • loude
Descendants
  • English: loud
  • Scots: loud, lood
References
  • “lǒud, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-01.

Etymology 2

Adverb

loud

  1. Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)

Source: wiktionary.org