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

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

N1A1R1D2

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4-letter words (3 found)

DARN,NARD,RAND,

3-letter words (5 found)

AND,ARD,DAN,RAD,RAN,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AN,AR,DA,NA,

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

All 4 letters words made out of nard

nard anrd nrad rnad arnd rand nadr andr ndar dnar adnr danr nrda rnda ndra dnra rdna drna ardn radn adrn darn rdan dran

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Definitions and meaning of nard

nard

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /nɑɹd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɑːd/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.

Noun

nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)

  1. A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
  2. A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
  3. American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
Synonyms
  • nardus (obsolete)
  • (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot
Derived terms
  • spikenard

References

  • nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • “nard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.

Etymology 2

Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).

Noun

nard (plural nards)

  1. (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
    The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
Synonyms
  • (testicles): ball, nut

Anagrams

  • DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nardus (“spikenard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnart]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈnaɾt]

Noun

nard m (plural nards)

  1. tuberose (Agave amica)

Further reading

  • “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin nardus.

Pronunciation

Noun

nard m (plural nards)

  1. (botany) matgrass (Nardus)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
  • “nard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

nard

  1. Alternative form of narde

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek νάρδος (nárdos).

Noun

nard m (uncountable)

  1. nard (Nardostachys jatamansi)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nârd/

Noun

nȁrd m (Cyrillic spelling на̏рд)

  1. nard (plant or oil)

References

  • “nard” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Volapük

Noun

nard (nominative plural nards)

  1. valerian

Declension


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