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Is mud a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mud is a Scrabble US word. The word mud is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is mud a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mud is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

M3U1D2

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3-letter words (2 found)

DUM,MUD,

2-letter words (2 found)

MU,UM,

You can make 4 words from mud according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of mud

mud umd mdu dmu udm dum

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Definitions and meaning of mud

mud

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mŭd, IPA(key): /mʌd/
  • Rhymes: -ʌd
  • Homophone: MUD

Etymology 1

From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), Danish mudder (“mud”).

Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g. Finnish muta (“mud”), Northern Sami mođđi (“mud”), from Proto-Uralic *muďa).

Noun

mud (countable and uncountable, plural muds)

  1. A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
  2. A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
  3. (construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
  4. (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
  5. (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
  6. (gay sex, slang) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
  7. (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  8. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
  9. Drilling fluid.
  10. (slang, originally US) Coffee.
  11. (slang) Opium.
  12. (slang) Heroin.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • muddle
Translations

Verb

mud (third-person singular simple present muds, present participle mudding, simple past and past participle mudded)

  1. (transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
  2. (transitive) To make turbid.
  3. (intransitive) To go under the mud, as an eel does.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Dutch mud, from West Germanic, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and muid.

Noun

mud (plural muds or mudden)

  1. (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
  2. (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
  3. (historical) A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
Synonyms
  • Dutch bushel, bushel, muid (Dutch contexts)

Etymology 3

From MUD.

Verb

mud (third-person singular simple present muds, present participle mudding, simple past and past participle mudded)

  1. (intransitive, Internet) To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.

References

Further reading

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “mud n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

  • DMU, UMD, dum

Breton

Adjective

mud

  1. mute

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • mudde

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin modius (“bushel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mud n (plural mudden, diminutive mudje n or muddeken n)

  1. An old measure of volume, varying in content over time and regions; nowadays usually 1 hectoliter
  2. A wooden container having such content; again used as measure for bulk wares sold in it, such as cereals
  3. A land measure, presumably supposedly the area sown with that much seed
  4. A small measure for liquids, about 1 deciliter

Derived terms

  • mudderecht n
  • mudszak m
  • korenmud n

Sumerian

Romanization

mud

  1. Romanization of 𒄷𒄭 (mud)

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mud]

Noun

mud

  1. mouth

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mut, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉd, from Latin mūtus.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɨːd/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /miːd/
  • Rhymes: -ɨːd

Adjective

mud (feminine singular mud, plural mudion, not comparable)

  1. mute, dumb, silent (unable or unwilling to speak)

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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