SOUND

5 letters 6 pts

Scrabble Validity

✅ Valid Word

Valid in:

  • SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
  • TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
  • ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Tile Values

S 1
O 1
U 1
N 1
D 2
Σ 6

Definitions

Verb

  1. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
  2. utter with vibrating vocal chords
  3. appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
  4. give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"
  5. make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
  6. cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
  7. announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"

Adjective

  1. complete; thorough; "politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues"; "he has a sound understanding of the law"
  2. (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
  3. in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"
  4. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"
  5. free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
  6. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
  7. in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
  8. vigorous or severe; "a sound thrashing"
  9. having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"
  10. logically valid; "a sound argument"

Noun

  1. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
  2. the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
  3. the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials"
  4. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  5. the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
  6. a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
  7. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
  8. mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"

Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1

About the word SOUND

Yes, SOUND is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 6 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.

SOUND is a 5-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.