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Is powder a Scrabble word?

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

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Is powder a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word powder is a Words With Friends word. The word powder is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

POWDER,POWRED,

5-letter words (8 found)

DOPER,DOWER,PEDRO,PORED,POWER,POWRE,ROPED,ROWED,

4-letter words (24 found)

DERO,DOER,DOPE,DORE,DORP,DOWP,DREW,DROP,DROW,OPED,OWED,OWER,OWRE,PORE,PROD,PROW,REDO,REPO,RODE,ROED,ROPE,WERO,WORD,WORE,

3-letter words (28 found)

DEP,DEW,DOE,DOP,DOR,DOW,ODE,OPE,ORD,ORE,OWE,PED,PER,PEW,POD,POW,PRE,PRO,RED,REO,REP,REW,ROD,ROE,ROW,WED,WOE,WOP,

2-letter words (15 found)

DE,DO,ED,ER,EW,OD,OE,OP,OR,OW,PE,PO,RE,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from powder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of powder

powder

Alternative forms

  • powdre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English poudre, pouder, pouldre, borrowed from Old French poudre, poldre, puldre, from Latin pulverem, accusative singular of Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”). Compare pollen (“fine flour”), polverine, pulverize.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ.də(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aʊdə(ɹ)

Noun

powder (countable and uncountable, plural powders)

  1. The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
  2. (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
  3. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
  4. (informal) Ellipsis of powder snow.; light, dry, fluffy snow.
  5. Ellipsis of powder blue.; the colour powder blue.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: paura
    • → Rotokas: paora
  • → Hindi: पाउडार (pāuḍār)
  • → Maori: paura
  • → Burmese: ပေါင်ဒါ (paungda)
  • → Swahili: poda
  • → Urdu: پاؤُڈَر (pāuḍar)

Translations

Verb

powder (third-person singular simple present powders, present participle powdering, simple past and past participle powdered)

  1. (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
    • 25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food?
      In desperation, they dried fruits and vegetables in an old food dehydrator they had, then used their coffee grinder to powder the produce...
  2. (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
    to powder one's hair
    • 23 March 2016, Seth Augenstein in Laboratory Equipment, FDA Proposes Ban on Powdered Surgical Gloves, Decades after Documenting Health Dangers
      Gloves were powdered for more than a century to allow doctors and surgeons to slip them on more easily.
  3. (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
    • 1778-1787, Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
      If she is grave, and reads steadily on, she dismisses me, whether I am dressed or not; but at all times she never forgets to send me away while she is powdering, with a consideration not to spoil my clothes
  4. (intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
  6. (intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".

Synonyms

  • (to reduce to fine particles): pound, grind, comminute, pulverize, triturate

Translations

See also

  • powder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • powdre, powred, prowed

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French poudre.

Noun

powder

  1. Alternative form of poudre

Etymology 2

From Old French poudrer.

Verb

powder

  1. Alternative form of poudren

Source: wiktionary.org