SURD is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SURD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURD?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURD is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
surdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SURD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SURD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What stands out about SURD
- 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 SURD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A number, especially a root such as the square root of two, that cannot be written exactly as a ratio of two whole numbers.
A surd is left in root form in mathematics because its decimal value goes on forever without repeating. The same word is also used in phonetics for a consonant, such as p or s, spoken without vibrating the vocal cords.
How SURD is used
Chiefly a mathematics classroom term; the phonetics sense is specialised linguistic vocabulary.
- The square root of three is a surd because it never resolves into a neat fraction.
- The teacher asked the class to simplify the surd before solving the equation.
- Phoneticians call the sound at the start of "sun" a surd consonant.
- Leaving the answer as a surd is more precise than rounding it off.
- He mistakenly treated the surd as though it were a whole number.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SURD
The 4 tiles of SURD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SURD
3 longer words begin with SURD.
Words ending in SURD
1 words end in SURD. Useful as a back hook: play SURD onto a word already on the board.
Words with SURD inside
12 words contain SURD in the middle. Words that start with SURD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SURD
Common questions about SURD
- Is SURD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURD, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURD worth?
- SURD is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURD mean?
- A number, especially a root such as the square root of two, that cannot be written exactly as a ratio of two whole numbers.
- What letters can be added to SURD?
- SURD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SURD:
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