spud

spud is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
2. noun. A dagger.
3. noun. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
4. noun. a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
5. noun. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

   Synonyms: murphy, potato, tater

6. verb. produce buds, branches, or germinate

   "the potatoes sprouted"

   Synonyms: bourgeon, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout

7. verb. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum

   "The well was spudded in April"

Synonyms

murphy, potato, tater, bourgeon, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spud:

dups, puds

Common word forms

spuds, spudded, spudder, spudding

Words from these letters

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