URD is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. URD 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 URD?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URD is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in URD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about URD
- 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 URD mean in Scrabble?
noun
An Indian bean grown for its small black seeds.
Urd is the pulse behind black dal, and its seeds are dark outside and white within. It is among the oldest crops of the subcontinent and appears in texts three thousand years old.
How URD is used
Uncountable. The English name for it is black gram.
- Urd is what black dal is made from.
- The seeds of urd are black outside and white inside.
- The word urd came into English from Hindi.
- Urd appears in texts three thousand years old.
- A kilo of urd feeds a household for a week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URD
The 3 tiles of URD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with URD
4 longer words begin with URD.
Words ending in URD
10 words end in URD. Useful as a back hook: play URD onto a word already on the board.
Words with URD inside
Showing 24 of 182 words that contain URD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with URD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in URD
Common questions about URD
- Is URD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URD, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URD worth?
- URD is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URD mean?
- An Indian bean grown for its small black seeds.
- What letters can be added to URD?
- URD takes 8 hooks: 5 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of URD:
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