NURD is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NURD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NURD?
| 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 NURD is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NURD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NURD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NURD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about NURD
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NURD mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
An older British spelling of nerd: a socially awkward, unfashionable or overly studious person.
Nurd is simply an alternative spelling of nerd that appeared in British slang before nerd became the dominant form worldwide. Both words describe someone seen as socially inept, obsessively devoted to a narrow technical interest, or lacking in fashion sense, and dictionaries that include nurd cross-refer it straight to nerd.
How NURD is used
Rare today; nerd has replaced it almost everywhere, so nurd mostly turns up in older British texts.
- His classmates called him a nurd for reading physics journals at lunch.
- The old British comic mocked the nurd who never left his chemistry set.
- She laughed and said only a nurd would alphabetise a record collection.
- The magazine used nurd where a modern writer would print nerd.
- Being branded a nurd never stopped him from loving computers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NURD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NURD
The 4 tiles of NURD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NURD
9 longer words begin with NURD.
Shorter words from the letters in NURD
Common questions about NURD
- Is NURD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NURD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NURD worth?
- NURD is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NURD mean?
- An older British spelling of nerd: a socially awkward, unfashionable or overly studious person.
- What letters can be added to NURD?
- NURD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NURD:
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