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Is world a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word world is a Scrabble US word. The word world is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is world a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word world is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word world is a Words With Friends word. The word world is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

WORLD,

4-letter words (5 found)

DOWL,DROW,LORD,WOLD,WORD,

3-letter words (11 found)

DOL,DOR,DOW,LOD,LOR,LOW,OLD,ORD,OWL,ROD,ROW,

2-letter words (6 found)

DO,LO,OD,OR,OW,WO,

You can make 23 words from world according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of world

world owrld wrold rwold orwld rowld wolrd owlrd wlord lword olwrd lowrd wrlod rwlod wlrod lwrod rlwod lrwod orlwd rolwd olrwd lorwd rlowd lrowd wordl owrdl wrodl rwodl orwdl rowdl wodrl owdrl wdorl dworl odwrl dowrl wrdol rwdol wdrol dwrol rdwol drwol ordwl rodwl odrwl dorwl rdowl drowl woldr owldr wlodr lwodr olwdr lowdr wodlr owdlr wdolr dwolr odwlr dowlr wldor lwdor wdlor dwlor ldwor dlwor oldwr lodwr odlwr dolwr ldowr dlowr wrldo rwldo wlrdo lwrdo rlwdo lrwdo wrdlo rwdlo wdrlo dwrlo rdwlo drwlo wldro lwdro wdlro dwlro ldwro dlwro rldwo lrdwo rdlwo drlwo ldrwo dlrwo orldw roldw olrdw lordw rlodw lrodw ordlw rodlw odrlw dorlw rdolw drolw oldrw lodrw odlrw dolrw ldorw dlorw rldow lrdow rdlow drlow ldrow dlrow

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Definitions and meaning of world

world

Alternative forms

  • vurld (Bermuda)

Etymology

From Middle English world, weoreld, from Old English weorold (“world”), from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (“lifetime, human existence, world”, literally “age/era of man”), equivalent to wer (“man”) +‎ eld (“age”).

Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), Low German Werld (“world”), German Welt (“world”), Norwegian Bokmål verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːld/
  • (General American) enPR: wûrld, IPA(key): /wɜɹld/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /wərld/, [wɚːɫd]
  • (New Zealand) enPR: wûrld, IPA(key): /wɵːld/, [wɵːɯ̯d̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ld
  • Homophones: whirled, whorled (both only in accents with the wine–whine merger and the fern–fir-fur merger)

Noun

world (countable and uncountable, plural worlds)

  1. (with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general.
    Synonym: (proper noun with alternative capitalization) World
  2. (with "the" or a singular possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
  3. (metonymically, with "the") A majority of people.
    Running after God is the only life worth living. Even though the world believes that living for God is boring, we believe that there is nothing more exciting.
  4. The Universe.
  5. (uncountable, with "the") The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context.
    Synonyms: the earth, Earth, the globe, God's green earth, Sol III
    “As the world turns, we know the bleakness of winter, the promise of spring, the fullness of summer and the harvest of autumn–the cycle of life is complete.” - quotation attributed to Irna Phillips.
  6. (countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
    • 2007 September 27, Marc Rayman (interviewee), “NASA's Ion-Drive Asteroid Hunter Lifts Off”, National Public Radio:
      I think many people think of asteroids as kind of little chips of rock. But the places that Dawn is going to really are more like worlds.
    1. (by extension) Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite.
  7. A very large extent of country.
    the New World
  8. In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
  9. A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
    the world of Narnia; the Wizarding World of Harry Potter; a zombie world
  10. An individual or group perspective or social setting.
    Synonym: circle
    Welcome to my world.
  11. (computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
  12. (video games) A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
    Have you reached the boss at the end of the ice world?
    There's a hidden warp to the next world down this pipe.
  13. (tarot) The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
  14. (informal, singular or plural, followed by "of") A great amount.
    Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.
    You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out.
  15. (archaic) Age, era.

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Verb

world (third-person singular simple present worlds, present participle worlding, simple past and past participle worlded)

  1. To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise.
  2. To make real; to make worldly.

See also

  • 🜨, ♁
  • global
  • globalisation, globalization

Further reading

  • “world”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • world in Britannica Dictionary
  • world in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
  • world in Ozdic collocation dictionary
  • world in WordReference English Collocations

Anagrams

  • l-word

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • weoreld, werld, wordle, woreld, worild, worlde, woruld
  • werelld, weorelld (Ormulum)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English woruld, worold, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wurld/, /wɛrld/

Noun

world (plural worldes)

  1. The world, the planet (i.e., Earth)
  2. A dimension, realm, or existence, especially human existence.
  3. The trappings and features of human life.
  4. The political entities of the world.
  5. The people of the world, especially when judging someone.
  6. An age, era or epoch.
  7. The universe, the totality of existence.

Related terms

  • worlderiche
  • worldly

Descendants

  • English: world
  • Scots: warld

References

  • “world, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

Source: wiktionary.org