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Is retard a Scrabble word?

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

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Is retard a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word retard is a Words With Friends word. The word retard is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (5 found)

DARTER,DARTRE,RETARD,TARRED,TRADER,

5-letter words (14 found)

ARRET,DARER,DARRE,DATER,DERAT,DREAR,RARED,RATED,RATER,TARED,TARRE,TERRA,TRADE,TREAD,

4-letter words (18 found)

ARED,ARET,DARE,DART,DATE,DEAR,DRAT,EARD,RADE,RARE,RATE,READ,REAR,TAED,TARE,TEAD,TEAR,TRAD,

3-letter words (19 found)

ARD,ARE,ART,ATE,DAE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERR,ETA,RAD,RAT,RED,RET,TAD,TAE,TAR,TEA,TED,

2-letter words (13 found)

AD,AE,AR,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 70 words from retard according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of retard

retard

Etymology

From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”).

Pronunciation

Noun (delay sense), Verb
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɑː(ɹ)d/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Noun (offensive sense)
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːtɑː(ɹ)d/

Noun

retard (plural retards)

  1. Retardation; delay.
    Synonyms: delay, hold-up, retardation
  2. (music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
  3. (offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation.
    Synonyms: retarded, (offensive) tard, (disused medical term) imbecile, (legal term) mental deficient, (disused medical term) moron
  4. (informal, offensive) A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool

Usage notes

Through the euphemism treadmill, the term retard (which originated as a then-neutral substitute for the terms that had previously designated those with disabilities, namely idiot, imbecile, and moron) has come to be offensive; see Wikipedia for more. In a 2003 survey by the BBC, retard was voted the most offensive word relating to disability, followed by spastic.

Derived terms

  • full retard
  • retard strength
  • -tard

Translations

Verb

retard (third-person singular simple present retards, present participle retarding, simple past and past participle retarded)

  1. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.
    Synonyms: impede, hinder, hold up
  2. (transitive) To put off; to postpone.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
  4. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.

Synonyms

  • (keep delaying; continue to hinder): decelerate, hinder, slow, slow down; See also Thesaurus:hinder
  • (postpone): postpone, put off; See also Thesaurus:procrastinate
  • (decelerate): decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up
  • (stay back): hang back, stay back; See also Thesaurus:tarry

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "keep delaying; continue to hinder"): accelerate, speed, speed up
  • (antonym(s) of "postpone"):
  • (antonym(s) of "stay back"): come forward

Derived terms

  • growth-retarding
  • retarded

Translations

References

  • IQ Basics, including formerly used medical terms for people with very low IQs

Anagrams

  • Darter, R-rated, Trader, darter, dartre, retrad, tarred, trader

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from retardar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈtart]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [reˈtaɾt]

Noun

retard m (plural retards)

  1. delay
    Synonyms: demora, endarreriment
    El tren ha arribat amb dues hores de retard. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

  • “retard” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “retard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “retard”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

French

Etymology

Deverbal from retarder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.taʁ/

Noun

retard m (plural retards)

  1. delay

Derived terms

  • avoir un train de retard
  • en retard
  • prendre du retard

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: retard
  • → Turkish: rötar

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French retard (“delay”), from the verb retarder (“to retard, slow down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈtɑːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːr
  • Hyphenation: ret‧ard
  • Homophones: R, r

Noun

retard m (definite singular retarden, indefinite plural retarder, definite plural retardene)

  1. (horology) side in a clockwork to which the adjustment indicator must be set to make the clock go slower
    Synonyms: R, r

Antonyms

  • avance

References

  • “retard” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

  • darret, radert, trader

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French retard.

Adjective

retard m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. delaying

Declension

Noun

retard n (uncountable)

  1. delay

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org