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

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

T1I1N1D2

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4-letter words (2 found)

DINT,TIND,

3-letter words (6 found)

DIN,DIT,NID,NIT,TID,TIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

DI,ID,IN,IT,TI,

You can make 13 words from tind according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tind

tind

English

Etymology 1

From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).

Alternative forms

  • tynd, teend, tine, teen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnd
  • Homophone: tinned

Verb

tind (third-person singular simple present tinds, present participle tinding, simple past and past participle tinded or tind)

  1. (obsolete) To ignite, kindle.

Etymology 2

From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.

Alternative forms

  • tynd

Noun

tind (plural tinds)

  1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.

References

  • “tind”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • NDTI, di'n't, din't, dint, idn't

Icelandic

Noun

tind

  1. indefinite accusative singular of tindur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tindr.

Noun

tind m (definite singular tinden, indefinite plural tinder, definite plural tindene)

  1. a prong, tine, tooth (on forks, rakes, combs etc.)
  2. a mountain peak, pinnacle

References

  • “tind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “tind” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tindr.

Noun

tind m (definite singular tinden, indefinite plural tindar, definite plural tindane)

  1. a prong, tine, tooth (on forks, rakes, combs etc.)
  2. a mountain peak, pinnacle

References

  • “tind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz, of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with Old High German zint, Old Norse tindr, and related to Old High German zinna (German Zinne (“pinnacle”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tind/

Noun

tind m (nominative plural tindas)

  1. a point or prong on a weapon or implement; a tine

Descendants

  • Middle English: tind, tynd
    • English: tine, tind

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tind]

Verb

tind

  1. inflection of tinde:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

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