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Is yerd a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yerd is a Scrabble US word. The word yerd is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

Y4E1R1D2

Is yerd a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yerd is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

Y4E1R1D2

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4-letter words (3 found)

DREY,DYER,YERD,

3-letter words (6 found)

DEY,DRY,DYE,RED,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,ER,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from yerd according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of yerd

yerd eyrd yred ryed eryd reyd yedr eydr yder dyer edyr deyr yrde ryde ydre dyre rdye drye erdy redy edry dery rdey drey

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

Definitions and meaning of yerd

yerd

Etymology 1

From Middle English yerd (“yard”).

Noun

yerd (plural yerds)

  1. (obsolete) A yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock.
  2. (obsolete) A yard (unit of measurement); three feet.

Verb

yerd (third-person singular simple present yerds, present participle yerding, simple past and past participle yerded)

  1. (obsolete) To bury or be buried.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation dialect

Verb

yerd

  1. Heard.

Anagrams

  • Dery, Drey, Drye, Dyer, Ryde, d'yer, drey, dyer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English ġeard, from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos; cognate with Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ) and a doublet of garth.

Alternative forms

  • yerde, ȝerd, ȝeerd, yeerd, ȝeard, yard, yarde, yorde, ȝarde, yherde, ȝorde, ȝeorde

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛːrd/, /ˈjɛrd/
  • (Late ME) IPA(key): /ˈjard/

Noun

yerd

  2. A fenced piece of land; a yard:
    1. The property of a manor or other large rural dwelling.
    2. A churchyard; a piece of land around a church.
    3. A paddock; a field that has been fenced in.
  3. A plot of land; a piece of property, especially agricultural.
  4. A garden; a plot of horticultural land.
Descendants
  • English: yard
  • Scots: yerd, yaird, yird

Verb

yerd (third-person singular simple present yerdeth, present participle yerdynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle yerded)

  1. To beat with a stick.
References
  • “yē̆rd, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Noun

yerd

  1. Alternative form of ȝerde (“bar”)

Scots

Noun

yerd

  1. Archaic spelling of yird (“earth, ground”).

Derived terms

  • yerd-hunger

Source: wiktionary.org