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Is mound a Scrabble word?

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

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Is mound a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3O1U1N1D2

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Yes. The word mound is a Words With Friends word. The word mound is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

MOUND,

4-letter words (5 found)

DOUM,DOUN,MUON,UDON,UNDO,

3-letter words (14 found)

DOM,DON,DUM,DUN,DUO,MOD,MON,MOU,MUD,MUN,NOD,NOM,OUD,UDO,

2-letter words (11 found)

DO,MO,MU,NO,NU,OD,OM,ON,OU,UM,UN,

You can make 31 words from mound according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of mound

mound omund muond umond oumnd uomnd monud omnud mnoud nmoud onmud nomud munod umnod mnuod nmuod unmod numod ounmd uonmd onumd noumd unomd nuomd moudn omudn muodn umodn oumdn uomdn modun omdun mdoun dmoun odmun domun mudon umdon mduon dmuon udmon dumon oudmn uodmn odumn doumn udomn duomn mondu omndu mnodu nmodu onmdu nomdu modnu omdnu mdonu dmonu odmnu domnu mndou nmdou mdnou dmnou ndmou dnmou ondmu nodmu odnmu donmu ndomu dnomu mundo umndo mnudo nmudo unmdo numdo mudno umdno mduno dmuno udmno dumno mnduo nmduo mdnuo dmnuo ndmuo dnmuo undmo nudmo udnmo dunmo ndumo dnumo oundm uondm onudm noudm unodm nuodm oudnm uodnm odunm dounm udonm duonm ondum nodum odnum donum ndoum dnoum undom nudom udnom dunom nduom dnuom

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Definitions and meaning of mound

mound

Etymology

From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).

Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) (German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“a guardian”)), Old Norse mund (“hand”) (Icelandic mund), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʊnd/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnd

Noun

mound (plural mounds)

  1. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
    Synonyms: bulwark, rampart
  2. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
  3. (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
  4. A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
  5. (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
  6. (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
  7. (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
  8. (obsolete) A helmet.
  9. (obsolete) Might; size.

Synonyms

  • (part of regalia): globus cruciger, globe, orb

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Verb

mound (third-person singular simple present mounds, present participle mounding, simple past and past participle mounded)

  1. (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
  2. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
  3. (intransitive) To form a mound.

Synonyms

  • (fortify with a mound): bank, bank up, bulwark, rampart
  • (pile into mounds): heap up, pile; see also Thesaurus:pile up

Derived terms

  • amound

Translations

See also

  • mound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mound in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • Mudon, Mundo

Middle English

Noun

mound

  1. Alternative form of mund

Source: wiktionary.org