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Is nerd a Scrabble word?

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

N1E1R1D2

Is nerd a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1E1R1D2

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Yes. The word nerd is a Words With Friends word. The word nerd is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2E1R1D2

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4-letter words (3 found)

DERN,NERD,REND,

3-letter words (6 found)

DEN,END,ERN,NED,RED,REN,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EN,ER,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from nerd according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of nerd

nerd enrd nred rned ernd rend nedr endr nder dner ednr denr nrde rnde ndre dnre rdne drne erdn redn edrn dern rden dren

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word nerd. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in nerd.

Definitions and meaning of nerd

nerd

Alternative forms

  • knurd (folk etymology, very rare)
  • nurd (very rare)

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since 1951 as US student slang.

  • Perhaps an alteration of nerts (“nuts", "crazy”); see references below.
  • The word, capitalized, appeared in 1950 in Dr. Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo as the name of an imaginary animal:
    And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Katroo / And bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo, / A Nerkle, a Nerd and a Seersucker too!
  • Possibly a rebracketing of inert as a nert, as in he's inert = he's a nerd, in reference to one's competence or athletic ability.
  • Various unlikely folk etymologies and less likely backronymic speculations also exist.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nûd, IPA(key): /nɜːd/
  • (US) enPR: nûrd, IPA(key): /nɝːd/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Noun

nerd (plural nerds)

  1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
    • 1953 Advertisement for "Businessman's Lunch", a play by Micheal Quinn, in Patricia Brown, Gloria Mundi
  2. (informal, sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
    Synonym: geek
    Hyponym: otaku
    Synonyms: dag (Australian), geek, propeller head
  3. (informal, sometimes derogatory) A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media. [from 1980s]
  4. (informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) One who is socially inept or unattractive, but often brainy; a social outcast.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:dork

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: nerd
  • → Faroese: nørdur
  • → Finnish: nörtti
  • → Icelandic: nörd
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: nerd
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nerd
  • → Polish: nerd
  • → Portuguese: nerd
  • → Spanish: nerd
  • → Swedish: nörd
  • → Turkish: nörd

Translations

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nerd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • nerd on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:Nerds on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • dern, rend

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English nerd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nøːrt/
  • Hyphenation: nerd

Noun

nerd m (plural nerds, diminutive nerdje n)

  1. nerd

Derived terms

  • computernerd
  • gamenerd
  • internetnerd
  • nerden
  • nerderig
  • nerdo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English nerd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nærd/, /nøːɖ/
  • Rhymes: -ærd, -øːɖ

Noun

nerd m (definite singular nerden, indefinite plural nerder, definite plural nerdene)

  1. a nerd

References

  • “nerd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English nerd.

Noun

nerd m (definite singular nerden, indefinite plural nerdar, definite plural nerdane)

  1. a nerd

References

  • “nerd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nerd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛrt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrt
  • Syllabification: nerd

Noun

nerd m pers

  1. (derogatory) nerd (intellectual, skillful person, generally introverted)

Declension

Further reading

  • nerd in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English nerd.

Pronunciation

Noun

nerd m or f by sense (plural nerds)

  1. nerd (intellectual, introverted and quirky person)
    Synonyms: totó, (Brazil) CDF

Adjective

nerd (invariable)

  1. nerdy (who is a nerd)

Usage notes

Until recently, this word was somewhat pejorative. Nowadays it is used both negatively and positively.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English nerd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneɾd/ [ˈneɾð̞]
  • Rhymes: -eɾd
  • Syllabification: nerd

Noun

nerd m or f by sense (plural nerds)

  1. nerd

Source: wiktionary.org