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

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4-letter words (2 found)

DUST,STUD,

3-letter words (3 found)

SUD,UDS,UTS,

2-letter words (3 found)

ST,US,UT,

You can make 8 words from stud according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of stud

stud tsud sutd ustd tusd utsd stdu tsdu sdtu dstu tdsu dtsu sudt usdt sdut dsut udst dust tuds utds tdus dtus udts duts

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Definitions and meaning of stud

stud

Etymology 1

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stŭd, IPA(key): /stʌd/
  • Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

stud (plural studs)

  1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
    Synonym: sire
  2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
  3. (by extension, collective) A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
  4. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
  5. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
  6. (colloquial) A sexually attractive male.
    Synonyms: he-man, hunk, stallion
  7. (LGBT, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
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Etymology 2

From Old English studu.

Noun

stud (plural studs)

  1. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
  2. (jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
  3. (construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
  4. (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
  5. (poker) A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
    Synonym: stud poker
  6. (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
  7. (engineering) A stud bolt.
  8. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
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Verb

stud (third-person singular simple present studs, present participle studding, simple past and past participle studded)

  1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
  2. To decorate as a stud does.
  3. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
  4. To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

Etymology 3

Noun

stud (plural studs)

  1. Clipping of student.

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Further reading

  • “stud”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “stud”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “stud”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “stud”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

  • Dust, UDTs, dust, duts

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech stud, from Proto-Slavic *studъ (“cold, shame”) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstut]
  • Hyphenation: stud
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

stud m inan

  1. shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling)

Declension

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Further reading

  • stud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • stud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • stud in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr, from or related to Proto-Germanic *stautōną (“to push”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsd̥uˀð], [ˈsd̥uðˀ]
  • Rhymes: -uːˀð

Noun

stud c (singular definite studen, plural indefinite stude)

  1. bullock, steer
  2. boor, oaf

Declension

References

  • “stud” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

stud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n)

  1. colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /styd/

Noun

stud m (plural studs)

  1. stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
  2. assembly of horses for sale or racing

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

stud

  1. Alternative form of stede (“place”)

Etymology 2

Noun

stud

  1. Alternative form of stod (“stud”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *studъ.

Noun

stȗd f (Cyrillic spelling сту̑д)

  1. (expressively) cold

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