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

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4-letter words (4 found)

DUEL,DULE,LEUD,LUDE,

3-letter words (7 found)

DEL,DUE,ELD,LED,LEU,LUD,ULE,

2-letter words (3 found)

DE,ED,EL,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of lude

lude ulde ldue dlue udle dule lued uled leud elud ueld euld ldeu dleu ledu eldu delu edlu udel duel uedl eudl deul edul

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Definitions and meaning of lude

lude

Etymology

Aphetic form of Quaalude.

Pronunciation

Noun

lude (plural ludes)

  1. (slang) A pill containing the drug methaqualone.

Verb

lude (third-person singular simple present ludes, present participle luding, simple past and past participle luded)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To get high on Quaalude.

Alternative forms

  • 'lude

Anagrams

  • ULed, duel, leud, lued

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lúta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luːdə/, [ˈluːðə]

Verb

lude (imperative lud, infinitive at lude, present tense luder, past tense ludede, perfect tense har ludet)

  1. lout, stoop

Synonyms

  • hælde

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ludëk (compare Veps ludeg, Võro lutõq). Related to Estonian lutikas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈludeˣ/, [ˈlude̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ude
  • Syllabification(key): lu‧de

Noun

lude

  1. bedbug
  2. bug (insect of the order Hemiptera)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (bedbug): lutikka, seinälude

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lude”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.de/
  • Rhymes: -ude
  • Hyphenation: lù‧de

Verb

lude

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ludere

Latin

Verb

lūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lūdō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From luut +‎ -e.

Adverb

lude

  1. loudly

Descendants

  • Dutch: luid

Further reading

  • “lude (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lude (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hlȳd (noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō (sound), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (to hear). Influenced by Old Norse hljóð (from Proto-Germanic *hleuþą). The final vowel is generalised from Old English inflected forms.

Alternative forms

  • loude

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːd(ə)/, /ˈliu̯d(ə)/

Noun

lude (plural luden)

  1. sound, noise, clamor
    Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude.Layamon's Brut
    Þa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden.Layamon's Brut
Descendants
  • English: loude (obsolete)
  • Scots: lood, luid
References
  • “lūde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-01.

Etymology 2

Noun

lude

  1. Alternative form of lede (people)

Etymology 3

Adjective

lude

  1. Alternative form of lewed (people)

Etymology 4

Adverb

lude

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loude (loudly)

Etymology 5

Proper noun

lude

  1. (Southern) Alternative form of Lyde

Romanian

Noun

lude m (plural luzi)

  1. Alternative form of liude

Declension

Spanish

Verb

lude

  1. inflection of ludir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org