WAD

3 letters 7 Scrabble points /wɒd/

Definition of WAD

noun

  1. An amorphous, compact mass.

    "Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper."

  2. A substantial pile (normally of money).

    "With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan"

  3. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.

    Synonyms: prop valet
Related words: cumload cumwad load prop valet
verb

  1. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.

    "She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash."

  2. To wager.

  3. To insert or force a wad into.

    "to wad a gun"

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters W A D
Length 3 letters
Scrabble Score 7 points

Anagrams of WAD

Words that use the same letters:

AWD DAW

Words Containing "WAD"

AWAD AWADHI BEZWADA HOWADJI IRRAWADDY KEWADIN NASSAWADOX NOWADAY NOWADAYS OVERWADE OWADES REWADE SWAD SWADDER SWADDY SWADDISH SWADDLE SWADDLEBILL SWADDLED SWADDLER

Words Starting with "WAD"

WADABLE WADAI WADCUTTER WADDED WADDELL WADDENT WADDENZEE WADDER WADDERS WADDY WADDIE WADDIED WADDIES WADDYING WADDING WADDINGS WADDINGTON WADDYWOOD WADDLE WADDLED

Words Ending with "WAD"

AWAD SWAD TIGHTWAD