herd
NOUNVERB
/hɜrd/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH H
herd is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4E1R1D2
4 + 1 + 1 + 2 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does herd mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things.
“the children resembled a fairy herd”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.
BROADER
NARROWER
3
A group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra.
BROADER
NARROWER
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together.
“We herded the children into a spare classroom”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
2
Keep, move, or drive animals.
“Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?”
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
3
Move together, like a herd.
BROADER