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Yes. The word plunder is a Scrabble US word. The word plunder is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is plunder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word plunder is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

PLUNDER,

6-letter words (7 found)

DRUPEL,LURDEN,NURDLE,NURLED,PRUNED,PURLED,RUNDLE,

5-letter words (21 found)

DRUPE,DUPER,DUPLE,LURED,NUDER,PENDU,PERDU,PRUDE,PRUNE,PULED,PULER,PURED,RULED,RUNED,UNDER,UNLED,UNRED,UPEND,UPLED,URNED,URPED,

4-letter words (33 found)

DERN,DUEL,DULE,DUNE,DUPE,DURE,DURN,LEND,LERP,LEUD,LUDE,LUNE,LURE,NERD,NUDE,NURD,NURL,PEND,PERN,PLED,PLUE,PUER,PULE,PURE,PURL,REND,RUDE,RUED,RULE,RUND,RUNE,UNDE,URDE,

3-letter words (39 found)

DEL,DEN,DEP,DUE,DUN,DUP,ELD,END,ERN,LED,LEP,LEU,LUD,LUN,LUR,NED,NEP,NUR,PED,PEL,PEN,PER,PLU,PRE,PUD,PUL,PUN,PUR,RED,REN,REP,RUD,RUE,RUN,ULE,URD,URE,URN,URP,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,ED,EL,EN,ER,NE,NU,PE,RE,UN,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 114 words from plunder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plunder

plunder

Etymology

Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplʌndə/
  • (General American) enPR: plŭn'də(r), IPA(key): /ˈplʌndɚ/, /ˈplən-/
  • Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: plund‧er

Verb

plunder (third-person singular simple present plunders, present participle plundering, simple past and past participle plundered)

  1. (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
  2. (transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
  3. (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
  4. (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
  5. (transitive) To take unexpectedly.

Derived terms

  • plunderable
  • plunderage
  • plunderer
  • plunderous

Translations

Noun

plunder (uncountable)

  1. An instance of plundering.
  2. The loot attained by plundering.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:booty
  3. (slang, dated) Baggage; luggage.

Derived terms

  • house plunder

Translations

See also

  • manubial

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch plunder, further etymology unknown.

Alternative forms

  • plonder (obsolete)

Noun

plunder c (plural plunders, diminutive plundertje n)

  1. One's property, (collective) possessions
    Synonyms: have (en goed), huisraad
    1. Notably furniture and other (mainly small) home inventory
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

plunder

  1. inflection of plunderen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Source: wiktionary.org