LUD is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUD is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does LUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
My lord — as used in addressing a judge in court.
Lud is how the phrase sounds when said quickly, and it is written that way to show the pronunciation rather than the words. Barristers argue about whether anybody has genuinely said it, and it appears in fiction far more often than in transcripts.
How LUD is used
Chiefly in m'lud. British and largely literary.
- The barrister said m'lud twice in the first minute.
- The word lud is a spelling of a pronunciation.
- A lud in a novel is a signal that the scene is a courtroom.
- Nobody agrees whether real barristers say lud.
- Transcripts contain lud far less often than fiction does.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUD
15 longer words begin with LUD.
Words ending in LUD
1 words end in LUD. Useful as a back hook: play LUD onto a word already on the board.
Words with LUD inside
Showing 24 of 167 words that contain LUD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LUD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about LUD
- Is LUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUD, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUD worth?
- LUD is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUD mean?
- My lord — as used in addressing a judge in court.
- What letters can be added to LUD?
- LUD takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LUD:
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