LURDAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LURDAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LURDAN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LURDAN is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LURDAN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LURDAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LURDAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does LURDAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An archaic term for a lazy, dull, or incompetent person.
A lurdan was the sort of person older writers mocked for idleness or stupidity, roughly what a modern speaker would call a blockhead or a good-for-nothing. The word traces back through Middle English to an Old French term for someone heavy or dull, and it was sometimes used as an adjective as well as a noun. It has dropped out of ordinary speech and now appears mainly in older literature or writing that imitates an earlier style.
How LURDAN is used
Archaic; encountered mainly in older literature or writing that deliberately imitates an older style.
- The old tale mocked the lurdan who slept through the harvest.
- Villagers called the idle son of the miller a lurdan behind his back.
- No lurdan could hope to keep pace with the working men.
- The knight scorned his lazy squire as a hopeless lurdan.
- Such a lurdan, the narrator sighed, would never amount to much.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LURDAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LURDAN
3 longer words begin with LURDAN.
Shorter words from the letters in LURDAN
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Common questions about LURDAN
- Is LURDAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LURDAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LURDAN worth?
- LURDAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LURDAN mean?
- An archaic term for a lazy, dull, or incompetent person.
- What letters can be added to LURDAN?
- LURDAN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LURDAN:
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