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Is petard a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word petard is a Scrabble US word. The word petard is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is petard a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word petard is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3E1T1A1R1D2

Is petard a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word petard is a Words With Friends word. The word petard is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1T1A1R1D2

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6-letter words (6 found)

DEPART,DRAPET,PARTED,PETARD,PRATED,TRAPED,

5-letter words (22 found)

ADEPT,APERT,APTED,APTER,DATER,DERAT,DRAPE,PADRE,PARED,PATED,PATER,PEART,PETAR,PRATE,RAPED,RATED,TAPED,TAPER,TARED,TRADE,TRAPE,TREAD,

4-letter words (35 found)

APED,APER,ARED,ARET,DARE,DART,DATE,DEAR,DRAP,DRAT,EARD,PARD,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PERT,PRAD,PRAT,RADE,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,READ,REAP,TAED,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TEAD,TEAR,TEPA,TRAD,TRAP,

3-letter words (33 found)

APE,APT,ARD,ARE,ART,ATE,DAE,DAP,DEP,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,PAD,PAR,PAT,PEA,PED,PER,PET,PRE,RAD,RAP,RAT,RED,REP,RET,TAD,TAE,TAP,TAR,TEA,TED,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AR,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 112 words from petard according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of petard

petard

Alternative forms

  • pettard

Etymology

From Middle French petarder; see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

petard (plural petards)

  1. (historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
  2. Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
  3. (rare) A loud firecracker.

Derived terms

  • hoist by one's own petard

Translations

Verb

petard (third-person singular simple present petards, present participle petarding, simple past and past participle petarded)

  1. (now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.

Translations

Anagrams

  • depart, detrap, drapet, parted, prated, rapted, tarped, traped

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.tart/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtart
  • Syllabification: pe‧tard

Noun

petard f

  1. genitive plural of petarda

Swedish

Etymology

From French pétard, used since 1600.

Noun

petard c

  1. a petard (small bomb)
  2. a petard (firecracker)

Declension

Synonyms

bomb
  • sprängmina
firecracker
  • knallsignal
  • svärmare

Related terms

  • petardera
  • petardör

References

  • petard in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org