OUD is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. OUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUD?
| 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 OUD is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,263.
What stands out about OUD
- The same 3 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 OUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A short-necked lute used in Arabic music.
The oud has no frets, which lets a player reach intervals a guitar cannot, and that is the whole point of the instrument. The European lute descends from it, and so does the name: al-oud became liuto and then lute.
How OUD is used
Countable: an oud, two ouds.
- An oud has no frets and that is deliberate.
- The word oud gave English the word lute.
- The oud reached Europe through Spain.
- Two ouds tuned differently for two traditions.
- A player of the oud uses intervals a guitar cannot produce.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OUD
The 3 tiles of OUD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OUD
1 longer words begin with OUD.
Words ending in OUD
20 words end in OUD. Useful as a back hook: play OUD onto a word already on the board.
Words with OUD inside
Showing 24 of 139 words that contain OUD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OUD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OUD
Common questions about OUD
- Is OUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUD, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUD worth?
- OUD is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUD mean?
- A short-necked lute used in Arabic music.
- What letters can be added to OUD?
- OUD takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OUD:
Open OUD in the Word Finder