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Is meld a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word meld is a Scrabble US word. The word meld is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

M3E1L1D2

Is meld a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word meld is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

M3E1L1D2

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

MELD,

3-letter words (6 found)

DEL,ELD,ELM,LED,MED,MEL,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,EL,EM,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from meld according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of meld

meld emld mled lmed elmd lemd medl emdl mdel dmel edml deml mlde lmde mdle dmle ldme dlme eldm ledm edlm delm ldem dlem

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Definitions and meaning of meld

meld

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mɛld/
  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Etymology 1

The verb is probably derived:

  • from a blend of melt +‎ weld; or
  • from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Compare also melting pot.

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded) (originally US)

  1. (transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse. [from early 20th c.]
    Synonyms: conflate, merge
  2. (intransitive) To combine, to blend, to fuse.
Derived terms
  • melded (adjective)
  • melder
  • melding (noun)
  • mindmeld
Related terms
  • meldometer (historical)
  • melt
  • weld
Translations

Noun

meld (plural melds)

  1. (originally US) The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend. [from late 20th c.]
    Synonym: combination
Derived terms
  • mind meld
Translations

Etymology 2

The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded) (card games)

  1. Especially in games of the rummy family: [from late 19th c.]
    1. (transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
    2. (intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.
Translations

Noun

meld (plural melds)

  1. (card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. [from late 19th c.]
Translations

References

Further reading

  • meld (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • meld (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Verb

meld

  1. imperative of melde

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

meld

  1. inflection of melden:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt
  • Hyphenation: meld

Verb

meld

  1. singular imperative of melden

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

meld

  1. imperative of melde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse meldr.

Alternative forms

  • melder m

Noun

meld m (definite singular melden, indefinite plural meldar, definite plural meldane)

  1. grinding, crushing
  2. an amount of grain that is to be milled
  3. an amount of flour that returns from the mill
Related terms
  • mala, male (to grind, crush)
  • mjøl n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

meld (neuter singular meldt, definite singular and plural melde)

  1. past participle of melde

Verb

meld

  1. imperative of melda and melde

References

  • “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org