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Is seld a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word seld is a Scrabble US word. The word seld is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

S1E1L1D2

Is seld a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word seld is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

S1E1L1D2

Is seld a Words With Friends word?

The word seld is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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Valid words made from Seld

You can make 17 words from 'seld' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'seld'

DELS 5ELDS 5
SELD 5SLED 5

3 letters words from 'seld'

DEL 4EDS 4
ELD 4ELS 3
LED 4LES 3
SED 4SEL 3

2 letters words from 'seld'

DE 3ED 3
EL 2ES 2

All 4 letters words made out of seld

seld esld sled lsed elsd lesd sedl esdl sdel dsel edsl desl slde lsde sdle dsle ldse dlse elds leds edls dels ldes dles

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

Definitions and meaning of seld

seld

Etymology 1

From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle)

Noun

seld (plural selds)

  1. (obsolete) A seat, throne.
  2. (obsolete) A shop. (In Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.

Etymology 2

From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).

Adjective

seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)

  1. (archaic) Rare, uncommon.
    Synonyms: infrequent, scarce, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare
  2. Unusual, unwonted.
    Synonyms: bizarre, odd, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange

Adverb

seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Seldom.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191:
      knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge.
    Synonyms: infrequently, scarcely, uncommonly; see also Thesaurus:occasionally
Derived terms
  • seldsome
Related terms
  • selly

Anagrams

  • Dels, EDLs, ELSD, LEDs, SLED, dels, sled

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

seld (neuter selt, definite singular and plural selde)

  1. sold; past participle of selja and selje

Anagrams

  • dels

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (Turkish) the portion of a Turkish house reserved for men.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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