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Is paddy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word paddy is a Scrabble US word. The word paddy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is paddy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word paddy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

P3A1D2D2Y4

Is paddy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word paddy is a Words With Friends word. The word paddy is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4A1D2D2Y3

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5-letter words (1 found)

PADDY,

4-letter words (2 found)

ADDY,DYAD,

3-letter words (9 found)

ADD,DAD,DAP,DAY,PAD,PAY,PYA,YAD,YAP,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AY,DA,PA,YA,

You can make 17 words from paddy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of paddy

paddy apddy pdady dpady adpdy dapdy paddy apddy pdady dpady adpdy dapdy pdday dpday pdday dpday ddpay ddpay addpy dadpy addpy dadpy ddapy ddapy padyd apdyd pdayd dpayd adpyd dapyd paydd apydd pyadd ypadd aypdd yapdd pdyad dpyad pydad ypdad dypad ydpad adypd daypd aydpd yadpd dyapd ydapd padyd apdyd pdayd dpayd adpyd dapyd paydd apydd pyadd ypadd aypdd yapdd pdyad dpyad pydad ypdad dypad ydpad adypd daypd aydpd yadpd dyapd ydapd pddya dpdya pddya dpdya ddpya ddpya pdyda dpyda pydda ypdda dypda ydpda pdyda dpyda pydda ypdda dypda ydpda ddypa ddypa dydpa yddpa dydpa yddpa addyp dadyp addyp dadyp ddayp ddayp adydp daydp ayddp yaddp dyadp ydadp adydp daydp ayddp yaddp dyadp ydadp ddyap ddyap dydap yddap dydap yddap

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

Definitions and meaning of paddy

paddy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpædi/
  • Rhymes: -ædi
  • Homophone: Paddy

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.

Noun

paddy (countable and uncountable, plural paddies)

  1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]
  2. (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]
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Etymology 2

English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).

Adjective

paddy (comparative more paddy, superlative most paddy)

  1. (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Etymology 3

Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).

Noun

paddy (plural paddies)

  1. A fit of temper; a tantrum.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tantrum
  2. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
  3. (colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
  4. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

Etymology 4

Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

paddy (plural paddies)

  1. A snowy sheathbill.

See also

  • paddy paw

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English paddy, from Malay padi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.di/

Noun

paddy m (plural paddys)

  1. paddy (rice)

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org