dud

dud is a 3-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

   "the first experiment was a real turkey"

   "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

   Synonyms: bomb, turkey

2. noun. an explosion that fails to occur

   Synonyms: misfire

3. noun. someone who is unsuccessful

   Synonyms: flop, washout

4. adjective. failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive

   "he stepped on a dud mine"

Synonyms

bomb, turkey, misfire, flop, washout

Common word forms

duds, duded, dudes, dudder, duding

Words from these letters

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