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Yes. The word screed is a Scrabble US word. The word screed is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (3 found)

CEDERS,CREEDS,SCREED,

5-letter words (15 found)

CEDER,CEDES,CERED,CERES,CREDS,CREED,CREES,DEERS,DERES,DREES,REDES,REEDS,SCREE,SEDER,SERED,

4-letter words (19 found)

CEDE,CEES,CERE,CRED,CREE,DEER,DEES,DERE,DREE,ERED,ERES,RECS,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,SEED,SEER,SERE,

3-letter words (13 found)

CEE,DEE,EDS,ERE,ERS,REC,RED,REE,RES,SEC,SED,SEE,SER,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from screed according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of screed

screed

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, Ireland) IPA(key): /skɹiːd/
  • (General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /skɹid/
  • Rhymes: -iːd

Etymology 1

From Middle English screde [and other forms], a variant of shrede (“fragment, scrap; strip of cloth; strip cut off from a larger piece; band or thread woven into fabric; element, streak”) (whence shred (noun)), from Old English sċrēad, sċrēade (“a piece cut off; paring, shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō (“a piece, shred; a cut, crack”), from *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The English word is cognate with Old Frisian skrēd. Doublet of escrow, scroll, and shred.

Noun

screed (plural screeds)

  1. (chiefly Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, dated) A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred. [from mid 14th c.]
    Synonym: scrid
  2. (chiefly regional British, Scotland, dated) A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
  3. (chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) A rent, a tear.
    Synonyms: cut, rip
  4. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
  5. (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism. [from late 18th c.]
    Synonyms: harangue, polemic, rant, tirade, diatribe; see also Thesaurus:diatribe
  6. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
  8. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
    1. A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
    2. A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
      Synonym: strickle
    3. A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
Derived terms
  • floating screed
Related terms
  • shred
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Etymology 2

From Middle English screde, Early Middle English screda, a variant of shreden, shrede (“to chop, cut up, hack; to cut to shape; to maim, wound; to prune, trim”) [and other forms] (whence shred (verb)), from Old English scrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off, prune”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), see further at etymology 1; later uses are derived from the noun screed.

Verb

screed (third-person singular simple present screeds, present participle screeding, simple past and past participle screeded)

  1. (transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To rend, to shred, to tear.
    Synonyms: cut, rip
  2. (transitive, Scotland, also figurative, dated) To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
  3. (transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
  4. (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.
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Etymology 3

Probably imitative; compare screech, skreigh.

Noun

screed (plural screeds) (Northern Ireland, Scotland)

  1. (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
  2. The sound of something scratching or tearing.
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Verb

screed (third-person singular simple present screeds, present participle screeding, simple past and past participle screeded) (Northern Ireland, Scotland, rare)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
  2. (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
  3. (transitive, chiefly humorous, obsolete) To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
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Etymology 4

From scree (“loose, stony debris”) +‎ -ed.

Adjective

screed (not comparable)

  1. Strewn with scree.
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References

Further reading

  • screed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “Melanie & Mike” (1998 July 20) “Spotlight on … Screed”, in Take Our Word for It‎[2], number 1, archived from the original on 3 July 2017.

Anagrams

  • Creeds, ceders, creeds

Source: wiktionary.org