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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

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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)

E,

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

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

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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.
    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, EDLs, ELSD, LEDs, SLED, dels, sled

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

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

  1. sold; past participle of selja

Anagrams

  • dels

Source: wiktionary.org