Seed
/siːd/
Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:5 pts4 letters
Definition of Seed
noun
- A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- Any small seed-like fruit.
"If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn."
- Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- (collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
"The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed."
- A fragment of coral.
verb
- To plant or sow an area with seeds.
"I seeded my lawn with bluegrass."
- To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
"A venture capitalist seeds young companies."
- To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
Anagrams of Seed
Related Word Patterns
Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
Letter Values
s1
e1
e1
d2
Total: 5 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Seed
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Seed"
Seed is a 4-letter word that scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "seed" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Seed" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "seed" is a low-scoring word.