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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

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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.

Definitions and meaning of surd

surd

English

Etymology

First attested in the mid 16th century from Latin surdus (“deaf, mute”), used in mathematics for “irrational,” reflecting ἄλογος (álogos, “irrational, speechless”) as found in Euclid, apparently transmitted via Arabic جِذْر أَصَمّ (jiḏr ʔaṣamm, “deaf root”). The phonetic sense, “voiceless,” emerged in the 18th century. Doublet of surdo.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /sɜːd/
  • (US) enPR: sûrd, IPA(key): /sɝd/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /sʌɹd/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /søːd/
  • (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /seːd/
  • (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /sɛːd/
  • 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