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Is ordure a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ordure a Scrabble UK word?

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

O1R1D2U1R1E1

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Yes. The word ordure is a Words With Friends word. The word ordure is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1R1D2U2R1E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DOURER,ORDURE,

5-letter words (4 found)

DERRO,ORDER,RUDER,UREDO,

4-letter words (18 found)

DERO,DOER,DORE,DORR,DOUR,DURE,DURO,DURR,EURO,REDO,RODE,ROED,RORE,ROUE,RUDE,RUED,RUER,URDE,

3-letter words (19 found)

DOE,DOR,DUE,DUO,ERR,ODE,ORD,ORE,OUD,OUR,RED,REO,ROD,ROE,RUD,RUE,UDO,URD,URE,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DO,ED,ER,OD,OE,OR,OU,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from ordure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ordure

ordure

Etymology

From Middle English ordure, ordure, borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour from Old French ordure (“dirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth”) (modern French ordure), from ord (“filthy”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns describing the results of actions). Ord is derived from Latin horridus (“dreadful, frightful, horrid”), from horreō (“to stand erect, stand on end; to shiver, tremble; to be afraid of, dread; to be frightful”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff; surprised”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/, /-d͡ʒə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹ/
  • Hyphenation: or‧dure

Noun

ordure (countable and uncountable, plural ordures)

  1. Dung, excrement.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces
  2. (by extension) Dirt, filth.
  3. (by extension) Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material.

Derived terms

  • ordurous

Translations

References

Further reading

  • human waste on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • dourer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ord (“filthy”), from Latin horridus (“horrid”), + -ure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.dyʁ/

Noun

ordure f (plural ordures)

  1. garbage, refuse, rubbish
  2. dung, animal faeces
  3. (slang) obscenity, filthy material
  4. (slang, derogatory) a filthy person

Further reading

  • “ordure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • doreur, dorure, rôdeur

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • ordoure, ordre, ordur (all rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔrˈdiu̯r(ə)/

Noun

ordure (plural ordures)

  1. ordure, excrement
  2. (by extension) filth, rubbish
  3. (figuratively) moral filth, iniquity

Descendants

  • English: ordure

References

  • “ordūr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org