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

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

S1E1L1D2

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4-letter words (4 found)

DELS,ELDS,SELD,SLED,

3-letter words (8 found)

DEL,EDS,ELD,ELS,LED,LES,SED,SEL,

2-letter words (4 found)

DE,ED,EL,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 17 words from seld according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of seld

seld

English

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.
    Synonyms: infrequently, scarcely, uncommonly; see also Thesaurus:occasionally
    • , 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.
Related terms
  • selly

Anagrams

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

seld (neuter singular selt, definite singular and plural selde)

  1. sold; past participle of selja

Anagrams

  • dels

Old English

Noun

seld n

  1. alternative form of setl (“seat, throne”)

Descendants

  • English: seld

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English seld.

Pronunciation

Noun

seld f (plural seldiau or seldi, not mutable)

  1. dresser
    Synonym: dreser
  2. sideboard
    Synonyms: seldfwrdd, ystlysfwrdd

Derived terms

  • seldfwrdd (“sideboard”)

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “seld”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “seld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Source: wiktionary.org