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NERD

4 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What NERD Means

  1. noun: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
  2. noun: an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NERD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 E1 R1 D2.

Anagrams of NERD (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In NERD

12 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing NERD

NERD appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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