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Is surd a Scrabble word?

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

S1U1R1D2

Is surd a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1U1R1D2

Is surd a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word surd is a Words With Friends word. The word surd is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1U2R1D2

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4-letter words (3 found)

RUDS,SURD,URDS,

3-letter words (5 found)

RUD,SUD,SUR,UDS,URD,

2-letter words (2 found)

UR,US,

You can make 10 words from surd according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of surd

surd usrd srud rsud ursd rusd sudr usdr sdur dsur udsr dusr srdu rsdu sdru dsru rdsu drsu urds ruds udrs durs rdus drus

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word surd. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in surd.

Definitions and meaning of surd

surd

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surdus (“deaf”); in mathematical sense, "deaf to reason", i.e. irrational.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sûd, IPA(key): /sɜːd/
  • (US) enPR: sûrd, IPA(key): /sɝd/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Noun

surd (plural surds)

  1. (arithmetic) An irrational number, especially one expressed using the √ symbol.
  2. (linguistics) A voiceless consonant.
    Antonym: sonant

Derived terms

Adjective

surd (comparative more surd, superlative most surd)

  1. (obsolete) Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
    • 1670s, published 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, part 3, section 6:
      …how all Words fall to the Ground, spent upon such a surd and Earless Generation of Men, stupid unto all Instruction…
  2. (obsolete) unheard
  3. (mathematics) Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers.
    a surd expression or quantity; a surd number
  4. (phonetics) unvoiced; voiceless
    Antonym: sonant

Related terms

  • absurd

Anagrams

  • RUDs, Ruds, UDRS, Urds, ruds

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • surdu, nsurdu

Etymology

From Latin surdus. Compare Romanian surd.

Adjective

surd m (feminine surde, plural surdz, feminine plural surdi)

  1. deaf

Related terms

  • surdzest

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). Compare Aromanian surdu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /surd/

Adjective

surd m or n (feminine singular surdă, masculine plural surzi, feminine and neuter plural surde)

  1. deaf

Declension

Related terms

  • asurzi
  • surditate
  • surzi

See also

  • auzi
  • mut
  • orb

Source: wiktionary.org