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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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Valid words made from Wed

You can make 7 words from 'wed' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'wed'

DEW 7WED 7

2 letters words from 'wed'

DE 3ED 3
EW 5WE 5

All 3 letters words made out of wed

wed ewd wde dwe edw dew

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

Definitions and meaning of wed

wed

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 wedded or wed)

  1. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
    The priest wed the couple.
  2. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.
    She wed her first love.
    • 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone
      In 1989, he wed Playmate Kimberley Conrad, a marriage that ended in 2010. In 2013, he married his younger girlfriend, Crystal Harris, with whom he was still wed at the time of his death.
  3. (intransitive) To take a spouse.
  4. (figurative, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
    I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative.
    • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
      Men are wedded to their lusts.
  5. (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
    • 1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion
      They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
  6. (Northern England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

Synonyms

  • marry

Translations

References

  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

  • DEW, Dew, dew

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Verb

wed

  1. first-person singular present indicative of wedden
  2. imperative of wedden

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wedde, from Old Dutch *weddi, from Proto-West Germanic *wadi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją.

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

Source: wiktionary.org
  • WECHT, (Scots) to winnow.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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