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Is prod a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prod is a Scrabble US word. The word prod is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is prod a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prod is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

P3R1O1D2

Is prod a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word prod is a Words With Friends word. The word prod is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

DORP,DROP,PROD,

3-letter words (6 found)

DOP,DOR,ORD,POD,PRO,ROD,

2-letter words (5 found)

DO,OD,OP,OR,PO,

You can make 14 words from prod according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of prod

prod rpod pord oprd ropd orpd prdo rpdo pdro dpro rdpo drpo podr opdr pdor dpor odpr dopr rodp ordp rdop drop odrp dorp

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

Definitions and meaning of prod

prod

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɒd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɹɑd/
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)

  1. (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
  2. (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
  3. (transitive) To prick with a goad.
Translations

Noun

prod (plural prods)

  1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
  2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
  3. A poke.
  4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
  • Cattle prod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Etymology 2

Shortened from production.

Noun

prod (countable and uncountable, plural prods)

  1. (programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”).
    We've hit ten million users in prod today.
  2. (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
    Check our BBS for the latest prods.

Etymology 3

Noun

prod (plural prods)

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod.

Anagrams

  • dorp, drop

Old French

Noun

prod oblique singular, m (nominative singular proz)

  1. (early Old French) Alternative form of pro

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prǭdъ.

Noun

prọ̑d m inan

  1. pebbles (small stones rounded by the action of water)

Further reading

  • “prod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Source: wiktionary.org