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Is prude a Scrabble word?

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

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Is prude a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (6 found)

DRUPE,DUPER,PERDU,PRUDE,PURED,URPED,

4-letter words (7 found)

DUPE,DURE,PUER,PURE,RUDE,RUED,URDE,

3-letter words (15 found)

DEP,DUE,DUP,PED,PER,PRE,PUD,PUR,RED,REP,RUD,RUE,URD,URE,URP,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,ER,PE,RE,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from prude according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of prude

prude rpude purde uprde rupde urpde prdue rpdue pdrue dprue rdpue drpue pudre updre pdure dpure udpre dupre rudpe urdpe rdupe drupe udrpe durpe prued rpued pured upred ruped urped preud rpeud perud eprud repud erpud puerd uperd peurd epurd ueprd euprd ruepd urepd reupd erupd uerpd eurpd prdeu rpdeu pdreu dpreu rdpeu drpeu predu rpedu perdu eprdu repdu erpdu pderu dperu pedru epdru depru edpru rdepu drepu redpu erdpu derpu edrpu puder upder pduer dpuer udper duper puedr upedr peudr epudr uepdr eupdr pdeur dpeur pedur epdur depur edpur udepr duepr uedpr eudpr deupr edupr rudep urdep rduep druep udrep durep ruedp uredp reudp erudp uerdp eurdp rdeup dreup redup erdup derup edrup uderp duerp uedrp eudrp deurp edurp

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Definitions and meaning of prude

prude

Etymology

From French prude, from Old French prude, prode, feminine of prou, prod, prud (“good, excellent, brave”), from Latin prōde. Related to proud but unrelated to prudent.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pro͞od, IPA(key): /pɹuːd/
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Noun

prude (plural prudes)

  1. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
    • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, IV [Uniform ed., p. 62]:
      He became shy. "I hadn't meant to tell you. It's not quite for a lady." For, like most men who are rather animal, he was intellectually a prude.

Synonyms

  • prig
  • goody-goody
  • puritan
  • celibacist
  • erotophobe
  • antisexualist

Derived terms

  • prudery
  • prudish

Related terms

  • proud

Translations

Further reading

  • “prude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “prude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Adjective

prude (comparative more prude, superlative most prude)

  1. Prudish.

Anagrams

  • Dupre, drupe, duper, perdu, pured, red up, red-up

French

Etymology

Back-formation from prudefemme, feminine of prud’homme (“good man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁyd/

Adjective

prude (plural prudes)

  1. prude

Further reading

  • “prude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpru.de/
  • Rhymes: -ude
  • Hyphenation: prù‧de

Verb

prude

  1. third-person singular present indicative of prudere

Anagrams

  • drupe

Middle English

Noun

prude

  1. Alternative form of pryde (“proudness”)

Old French

Adjective

prude

  1. feminine singular of pruz

Source: wiktionary.org