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Is oud a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oud is a Scrabble US word. The word oud is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

O1U1D2

Is oud a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oud is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

O1U1D2

Is oud a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word oud is a Words With Friends word. The word oud is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1U2D2

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Valid words made from Oud

You can make 6 words from 'oud' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'oud'

DUO 4OUD 4
UDO 4 

2 letters words from 'oud'

DO 3OD 3
OU 2 

All 3 letters words made out of oud

oud uod odu dou udo duo

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

Definitions and meaning of oud

oud

Alternative forms

  • 'ud

Etymology

From Arabic عُود‎ (ʿūd). Doublet of lute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːd/

Noun

oud (plural ouds)

  1. (music) A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.
    Coordinate term: sintir
  2. (perfume) Agarwood.

Derived terms

  • oudist

Translations

Further reading

  • oud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • 2010. Ottoman Medicine: Healing and Medical Institutions, 1500-1700. Miri Shefer-Mossensohn. Pg. 73.

Anagrams

  • Duo, duo, duo-, udo

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).

Adjective

oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)

  1. old

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈou̯t]

Noun

oud m

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of úd.

Further reading

  • oud in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • oud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑu̯t/
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Adjective

oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)

  1. old

Inflection

Next to the regular form oude, the form ouwe is also used informally.

Derived terms

  • oude jongens krentenbrood
  • ouder
  • oudere
  • ouderdom
  • oudheid
  • oudje

Related terms

  • ouwe

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: oud
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
  • Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
  • Negerhollands: oud, ouw, houw, hou
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ou, oud

Anagrams

  • duo

Portuguese

Noun

oud m (plural ouds)

  1. Alternative spelling of ud

Source: wiktionary.org
  • an African stringed instrument.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)