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Is wildcard a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wildcard is a Scrabble US word. The word wildcard is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

W4I1L1D2C3A1R1D2

Is wildcard a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wildcard is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

W4I1L1D2C3A1R1D2

Is wildcard a Words With Friends word?

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8-letter words (1 found)

WILDCARD,

5-letter words (12 found)

ACRID,ALCID,CAIRD,CALID,CARDI,CRAWL,DARIC,DRAIL,DRAWL,LAIRD,LIARD,LIDAR,

4-letter words (41 found)

ACID,ARID,ARIL,AWDL,CADI,CAID,CARD,CARL,CIRL,CLAD,CLAW,CRAW,CRIA,DALI,DARI,DAWD,DIAL,DIRL,DRAC,DRAD,DRAW,LAIC,LAID,LAIR,LARD,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RAID,RAIL,RIAD,RIAL,WADD,WADI,WAID,WAIL,WAIR,WALD,WALI,WARD,WILD,

3-letter words (29 found)

ADD,AID,AIL,AIR,ARC,ARD,AWL,CAD,CAL,CAR,CAW,CID,DAD,DAL,DAW,DID,LAC,LAD,LAR,LAW,LID,RAD,RAI,RAW,RIA,RID,WAD,WAI,WAR,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AI,AL,AR,AW,DA,DI,ID,LA,LI,

You can make 93 words from wildcard according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wildcard

wildcard

English

Etymology

From wild +‎ card.

Pronunciation

Noun

wildcard (plural wildcards)

  1. (computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
    • 1968, Digital Equipment Corporation, VAX/VMS 319(5864), page 751, Section 2.1.2 Using Wildcard Characters
      A wildcard character is a symbol that you can use with many DCL commands to apply the command to several files at once, rather than specifying each file individually.
  2. (also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
  3. (also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
  4. (sports, card games) Alternative form of wild card.
  5. (phonetics, phonology) A letter or symbol that substitutes for a generic or poorly identified sound, for example capital C for any or some consonant, or capital V for any or some vowel.

Usage notes

  • A wild card in card games is usually written as two separate words. The computing term is usually written as one compound word.

Translations

Verb

wildcard (third-person singular simple present wildcards, present participle wildcarding, simple past and past participle wildcarded)

  1. (computing) To replace or supplement with a wildcard character to allow matching against a range of possible values.

Spanish

Noun

wildcard m (plural wildcards)

  1. wildcard

Source: wiktionary.org