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Is sordid a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sordid is a Scrabble US word. The word sordid is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1O1R1D2I1D2

Is sordid a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sordid is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1O1R1D2I1D2

Is sordid a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sordid is a Words With Friends word. The word sordid is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1O1R1D2I1D2

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6-letter words (2 found)

DROIDS,SORDID,

5-letter words (4 found)

DIDOS,DORIS,DROID,ROIDS,

4-letter words (10 found)

DIDO,DODS,DORS,ODDS,ORDS,RIDS,RODS,ROID,SORD,SORI,

3-letter words (19 found)

DID,DIS,DOD,DOR,DOS,DSO,IDS,IOS,ISO,ODD,ODS,OIS,ORD,ORS,RID,ROD,SIR,SOD,SRI,

2-letter words (11 found)

DI,DO,ID,IO,IS,OD,OI,OR,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 46 words from sordid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sordid

sordid

English

Etymology

From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔː.dɪd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹdɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd
  • Homophone: sorted (in some varieties)

Adjective

sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest)

  1. Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
  2. Dirty or squalid.
  3. Morally degrading.
    • 1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number:
      I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues.
    • 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
      It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.
  4. Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
  5. (biology) Of a dull colour.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:greedy, Thesaurus:unclean

Derived terms

  • sordidity
  • sordidly
  • sordidness

Translations

Anagrams

  • 'droids, disord, dorids, droids

Estonian

Noun

sordid

  1. nominative plural of sort

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sordide, from Latin sordidus.

Adjective

sordid m or n (feminine singular sordidă, masculine plural sordizi, feminine and neuter plural sordide)

  1. sordid

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org