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Is sudden a Scrabble word?

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

S1U1D2D2E1N1

Is sudden a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1U1D2D2E1N1

Is sudden a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sudden is a Words With Friends word. The word sudden is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1U2D2D2E1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

SUDDEN,

5-letter words (3 found)

DUDES,DUNES,NUDES,

4-letter words (17 found)

DENS,DEUS,DUDE,DUDS,DUED,DUES,DUNE,DUNS,ENDS,NEDS,NUDE,SEND,SNED,SUDD,SUED,UNDE,USED,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEN,DUD,DUE,DUN,EDS,END,ENS,NED,NUS,SED,SEN,SUD,SUE,SUN,UDS,UNS,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,ED,EN,ES,NE,NU,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from sudden according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sudden

sudden

Etymology

From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌdən/, [ˈsʌdn̩]
  • Rhymes: -ʌdən
  • Hyphenation: sud‧den

Adjective

sudden (comparative suddener, superlative suddenest)

  1. Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
  2. (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
  3. (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.

Synonyms

  • (happening quickly): abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden
  • (hasty, rash): hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive; see also Thesaurus:reckless

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "happening quickly"): gradual; see also Thesaurus:gradual
  • (antonym(s) of "all"): unsudden

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

sudden (comparative more sudden, superlative most sudden)

  1. (poetic) Suddenly.

Noun

sudden (plural suddens)

  1. (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

Derived terms

  • all of a sudden
  • all of the sudden
  • of a sudden
  • on a sudden
  • upon a sudden

Translations

Further reading

  • “sudden”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “sudden”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “sudden”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Swedish

Noun

sudden

  1. definite singular of sudd c
  2. definite plural of sudd n

Source: wiktionary.org