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tardy

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Is tardy a Scrabble word?

Yes, tardy is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of tardy?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).Examples: "Be not ta’en tardy by unwise delay."; "Yield, Scoundrel base (quoth she) or die; / Thy life is mine, and liberty. / But if thou think’st I took thee tardy, / And dar’st presume to be so hardy, / To try thy fortune o’re afresh, / I’le wave my title to thy flesh,"

2. (obsolete) Criminal; guilty.Examples: "And the Franks served the Men much the same ſauce when they found them tardy, and made them run their Heats through the Streets"

noun (English)

1. (US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.Examples: "The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell."

2. (US) An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.

verb (English)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make tardy.Examples: "the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command"

2. (rare, intransitive) To dawdle.Examples: "Sitting there on the rock behind the school, I heard nothing but the occasional raised voice of some youngster tardying on his way home, and the joints in the schoolhouse squeaking from the frost."

Definition source: Wiktionary

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How many Scrabble points is the word "tardy"?

Scrabble
9 points
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Words With Friends
9 points
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