PSEUD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PSEUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PSEUD?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PSEUD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PSEUD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PSEUD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PSEUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about PSEUD
- The same 5 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 PSEUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
In informal British usage, a person who pretends to have greater intellectual, artistic or cultural sophistication than they actually possess.
British speakers call someone a pseud when their opinions on art, literature or culture sound rehearsed and self-important rather than genuinely felt, a mild but pointed way of mocking intellectual pretension. The word shortens pseudo-intellectual, and it gained wide currency through the satirical magazine Private Eye, whose long-running column Pseuds Corner reprints pompous or overblown quotations for readers to laugh at. Calling someone a pseud does not necessarily mean they lack real knowledge, only that their manner of showing it off strikes others as hollow or performed. The word stays firmly informal and is rarely used in formal writing or serious criticism.
How PSEUD is used
Informal British slang, used to mock a person whose display of intellectual or artistic sophistication seems affected or insincere.
- His friends called him a pseud for quoting philosophers at parties.
- The magazine column collected quotes from the worst kind of pseud.
- She dismissed the critic's review as pretentious pseud nonsense.
- Nobody took the pseud seriously after his second pompous lecture.
- He worried that discussing the film too seriously made him sound like a pseud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PSEUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PSEUD
The 5 tiles of PSEUD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PSEUD
Showing 24 of 110 words that begin with PSEUD.
Shorter words from the letters in PSEUD
Common questions about PSEUD
- Is PSEUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PSEUD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PSEUD worth?
- PSEUD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PSEUD mean?
- In informal British usage, a person who pretends to have greater intellectual, artistic or cultural sophistication than they actually possess.
- What letters can be added to PSEUD?
- PSEUD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PSEUD:
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