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Is wed a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wed is a Scrabble US word. The word wed is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is wed a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wed is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is wed a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word wed is a Words With Friends word. The word wed is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

DEW,WED,

2-letter words (4 found)

DE,ED,EW,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from wed according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wed

wed

Translingual

Symbol

wed

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Wedau.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Wedau terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”).

Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wĕdʹ, IPA(key): /ˈwɛd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

wed (third-person singular simple present weds, present participle wedding, simple past and past participle wed or wedded)

  1. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
  2. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.
  3. (intransitive) To take a spouse.
  4. (reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.
  5. (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
  6. (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
  7. (Northern England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

Synonyms

  • marry

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

  • DEW, Dew, dew

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Verb

wed

  1. inflection of wedden:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wedde, from a byform of Proto-Germanic *wadą, whence wad. Closely related with Middle High German wete, wettin f (“drinking place, shallow pond”). The Dutch appears to require a neuter *wadją (though feminine use is also attested), the High German a feminine īn-stem *wadį̄.

Noun

wed n (plural wedden, diminutive wedje n)

  1. ford, shallow river crossing
  2. drinking place for animals
Synonyms
  • (ford): voorde
Related terms
  • wad
  • waden

North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • waase (Mooring)
  • weet (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Pronunciation

  • (Föhr-Amrum) IPA(key): [vɛd]

Verb

wed

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to know

Usage notes

  • The present conjugation of wed is highly irregular. Compare further kem, skel, wees, wel.

Conjugation

Scots

Noun

wed (plural weds)

  1. alternative form of wad (“pledge, security”)

Source: wiktionary.org