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4 LETTERS1 POINT[jɑːd]

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Unique Letters

4

A D R Y

Two-Letter Start

YA

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Ending

RD

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  • 4 letters
  • 4 unique letters
  • YA start
  • RD ending

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  • It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, r, y plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation

[jɑːd][jɑɹd]

Definitions

  1. noun

    A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

  2. noun

    The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

  3. noun

    An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

  4. noun

    A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.

  5. noun

    One’s house or home.

  6. verb

    To confine to a yard.

  7. noun

    A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).

  8. noun

    Units of similar composition or length in other systems.

  9. noun

    Any spar carried aloft.

  10. noun

    A branch, twig, or shoot.

  11. noun

    A staff, rod, or stick.

  12. noun

    A penis.

  13. noun

    100 dollars.

  14. noun

    The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres.

  15. noun

    The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16 1/2 feet.

  16. noun

    The rood, area bound by a square rod, 1/4 acre.

  17. noun

    109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.

    "I need to hedge a yard of yen."

Related Words

Same Letters

  • dryad
  • dray

Synonyms

  • garden
  • hundred
  • ell
  • virgate
  • rood
  • rod

Daily Appearances

2026-07-16

Verified answer

1 pts

D + A C I R T Y