royd

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4

Definition of royd

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Yorkshire, dialectal)A forest clearing.
    “1417. Henry Rishworth formerly held two oxgangs in Hipperholme, Osbarn rode, lands in Coley, etc. His nephew Henry, son of Nicholas de Rishworth, next heir, paid 10s heriot. 1418. John, son and heir of Henry de Rishworth, herioted a cottage and a royd in the Hey in Hipperholme.”
    “Yet few royds are found south of the Little Don”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *rode (“clearing”), from Old English rodu (“clearing”), from Proto-West Germanic *rodu, variant of *rod, from Proto-Germanic *rudą, from *reudaną (“to clear”). Compare German Rodung, from German roden (“to clear”).

Anagrams of royd

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play dory 8 points

Words you can make from royd

10 playable · top: DORY (8 pts)

Best play dory 8 points

3-letter words

4 words

2-letter words

5 words

Find your best play with royd

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes royd, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.