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Is tawdry a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tawdry is a Scrabble US word. The word tawdry is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is tawdry a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tawdry is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

T1A1W4D2R1Y4

Is tawdry a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tawdry is a Words With Friends word. The word tawdry is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

TAWDRY,

5-letter words (2 found)

TARDY,WARTY,

4-letter words (17 found)

ADRY,ARTY,AWRY,DART,DAWT,DRAT,DRAW,DRAY,TRAD,TRAY,TWAY,WADT,WADY,WARD,WART,WARY,YARD,

3-letter words (25 found)

ARD,ART,ARY,DAW,DAY,DRY,RAD,RAT,RAW,RAY,RYA,TAD,TAR,TAW,TAY,TRY,TWA,WAD,WAR,WAT,WAY,WRY,YAD,YAR,YAW,

2-letter words (8 found)

AD,AR,AT,AW,AY,DA,TA,YA,

You can make 53 words from tawdry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tawdry

tawdry

Etymology

Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþryð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔːdɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːdɹi

Noun

tawdry (countable and uncountable, plural tawdries)

  1. (obsolete) Tawdry lace. [17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery. [17th–19th c.]

Adjective

tawdry (comparative tawdrier, superlative tawdriest)

  1. (of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gaudy
  2. (of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, shameful.
    Synonym: sordid

Derived terms

  • tawdrily
  • tawdriness

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Further reading

  • “tawdry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org