KHUD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. KHUD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept KHUD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KHUD is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KHUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
khudsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KHUD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KHUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What does KHUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A ravine or steep hillside in India.
Khud entered English through the army in nineteenth-century India, where it named the drop beside a hill road. It turns up in memoirs of that period and almost nowhere afterwards.
How KHUD is used
Countable: a khud, two khuds. Historical.
- A khud beside the road with no wall and no warning.
- The word khud came into English from Hindi.
- Going over the khud was the standard phrase for a fall.
- Two khuds on the same stretch of hill road.
- Memoirs of that army are full of the word khud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KHUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KHUD
1 longer words begin with KHUD.
Shorter words from the letters in KHUD
Common questions about KHUD
- Is KHUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KHUD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KHUD worth?
- KHUD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KHUD mean?
- A ravine or steep hillside in India.
- What letters can be added to KHUD?
- KHUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KHUD:
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