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Is pound a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pound is a Scrabble US word. The word pound is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is pound a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pound is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

POUND,

4-letter words (8 found)

DOUN,DOUP,NOUP,POND,UDON,UNDO,UPDO,UPON,

3-letter words (13 found)

DON,DOP,DUN,DUO,DUP,NOD,OUD,OUP,POD,PUD,PUN,UDO,UPO,

2-letter words (10 found)

DO,NO,NU,OD,ON,OP,OU,PO,UN,UP,

You can make 32 words from pound according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pound

pound opund puond upond oupnd uopnd ponud opnud pnoud npoud onpud nopud punod upnod pnuod npuod unpod nupod ounpd uonpd onupd noupd unopd nuopd poudn opudn puodn upodn oupdn uopdn podun opdun pdoun dpoun odpun dopun pudon updon pduon dpuon udpon dupon oudpn uodpn odupn doupn udopn duopn pondu opndu pnodu npodu onpdu nopdu podnu opdnu pdonu dponu odpnu dopnu pndou npdou pdnou dpnou ndpou dnpou ondpu nodpu odnpu donpu ndopu dnopu pundo upndo pnudo npudo unpdo nupdo pudno updno pduno dpuno udpno dupno pnduo npduo pdnuo dpnuo ndpuo dnpuo undpo nudpo udnpo dunpo ndupo dnupo oundp uondp onudp noudp unodp nuodp oudnp uodnp odunp dounp udonp duonp ondup nodup odnup donup ndoup dnoup undop nudop udnop dunop nduop dnuop

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Definitions and meaning of pound

pound

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʊnd/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnd

Etymology 1

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *pend-, *spend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Danish pund and Swedish pund. Doublet of pood and punt.

Noun

pound (plural pounds or (UK colloquial) pound)

  1. A unit of weight in various measurement systems
    1. Ellipsis of pound weight.
    2. Various non-English units of measure
  2. A unit of mass in various measurement systems
    1. Ellipsis of pound mass.
    2. Various non-English units of measure
    3. A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
      Synonym: lb
    4. A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
      Synonym: lb t
  3. A unit of force in various measurement systems
    1. Ellipsis of pound force.
    2. Various non-English units of measure
    3. (informal, non-scientific) Short for pound-force.
  4. A unit of currency in various currency systems
    1. Various non-English units of currency
    2. The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
      Synonyms: pound sterling, (abbreviation) GBP, (slang) quid, (slang) nicker
    3. Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Israel and South Africa.
      Synonym: punt
    4. Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
  5. (US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
    Synonyms: hash, sharp, number sign, octothorpe, pound sign
Usage notes
  • Internationally, the "pound" has most commonly referred to the UK pound, £, (pound sterling). The other currencies were usually distinguished in some way, e.g., the "Irish pound" or the "punt".
  • In the vicinity of each other country calling its currency the pound among English speakers the local currency would be the "pound", with all others distinguished, e.g., the "British pound", the "Egyptian pound" etc.
  • The general plural of "pound" has usually been "pounds" (at least since Chaucer), but the continuing use of the Old English genitive or neuter "pound" as the plural after numerals (for both currency and weight) is common in some regions. It can be considered correct, or colloquial, depending on region.
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Verb

pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded)

  1. (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on. [from 19th c.]
See also
  • Pound (the unit of mass) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Pound (the UK unit of currency) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • crown, farthing, florin, guinea, penny, pence, shilling, sovereign, sterling

Etymology 2

From Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English pund (“an enclosure”), related to Old English pyndan (“to enclose, shut up, dam, impound”). Compare also Old English pynd (“a cistern, lake”).

Noun

pound (plural pounds)

  1. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
    Synonym: animal shelter
    Hyponym: dog pound
  2. (metonymically) The people who work for the pound.
  3. (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
    Synonym: impound
    Synonyms: (UK) car pound, (US) impound lot, (US) impound
  4. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
    Synonym: reach
  5. A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
  6. (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
    Synonym: bulk
Usage notes
  • Manx English uses this word uncountably.
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Verb

pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded)

  1. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
    • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
      When I short haue shorne my sowce face
      & swigg’d my horny barrell,
      In an oaken Inne I pound my skin
      as a suite of guilt apparrell

Etymology 3

From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from Middle English pounen, from Old English pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūn- (“broken pieces, rubble”). Related to Saterland Frisian Pün (“debris, fragments”), West Frisian pún (“debris, rubble”), Dutch puin (“debris, fragments, rubbish”), Low German pun (“fragments”).

Alternative forms

  • poun, pown (obsolete or dialectal)

Verb

pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded)

  1. (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
    Synonyms: hammer, pelt; see also Thesaurus:hit
  3. (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
    Synonyms: pulverate, triturate
  4. (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
    Synonyms: bolt, down, chug; see also Thesaurus:eat, Thesaurus:drink
  5. (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
  6. (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
  7. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
    Synonyms: drill, get up in, nail, poke; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
  8. To advance heavily with measured steps.
  9. (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
Derived terms
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See also
  • bang

Noun

pound (plural pounds)

  1. A hard blow.
    Synonym: pounding
Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • pounde, pund, punde, powund

Etymology

From Old English pund, in turn from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puːnd/, /pund/

Noun

pound (plural poundes or pounden or pound)

  1. A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower pound, merchant's pound or pound avoirdupois, or a weight of said measurement.
  2. A pound or other silver coin (including ancient coins), weighing one Tower pound of silver.
  3. Money or coinage in general, especially a great amount of it.

Descendants

  • English: pound
  • Scots: pund, poond

References

  • “pǒund(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pound.

Noun

pound m (plural pounzi)

  1. pound
    Synonym: livră

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑu̯nt/, /pɑu̯nd/
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯nt, -ɑu̯nd

Noun

pound (definite accusative poundı, plural poundlar)

  1. pound
    Synonym: sterlin

Usage notes

  • The declension found below is theoretical, in the sense that as pound isn't a very common word compared to sterlin, and isn't considered an "official" word found in the TDK dictionary, its declension remains to be seen.

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