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Is teld a Scrabble word?

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

T1E1L1D2

Is teld a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1E1L1D2

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4-letter words (2 found)

DELT,TELD,

3-letter words (7 found)

DEL,ELD,ELT,LED,LET,TED,TEL,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,EL,ET,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from teld according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of teld

teld etld tled lted eltd letd tedl etdl tdel dtel edtl detl tlde ltde tdle dtle ldte dlte eldt ledt edlt delt ldet dlet

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

Definitions and meaning of teld

teld

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Etymology 1

From Middle English teld, tield, telte, from Old English teld (“tent, pavilion, tabernacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (“tent”), from Proto-Indo-European *delt- (“board”). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt (“tent”), German Zelt (“tent”), Swedish tält (“tent”), Icelandic tjald (“tent”). Doublet of tilt and geteld.

Noun

teld (plural telds)

  1. (obsolete) A tent.

Etymology 2

From Middle English telden (“to set up a tent”), from teld (“tent”). See above.

Verb

teld (third-person singular simple present telds, present participle telding, simple past and past participle telded)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lodge in a tent.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.
Related terms
  • tilt

Etymology 3

Verb

teld

  1. (West Country, Yorkshire, Devon) simple past and past participle of tell
    I teld you what happened.

Anagrams

  • delt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with Old High German zelt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teld/, [teɫd]

Noun

teld n

  1. tent

Declension

Derived terms

  • beteldan
  • ġeteld

Descendants

  • Middle English: teld, tielde
    • Scots: tild, tyld, teill
    • English: teld, tilt

Source: wiktionary.org