weald

Plural: wealds

Noun

An area of woodland or uncultivated country.
an area of open or forested country
A forest or wood.
An open country.

Examples

He carefully placed WEALD, as if carving out a forest on the Words With Friends board.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English weeld, wæld, (also wold, wald > English wold), from (West Saxon dialect) Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.
Compare German Wald, Dutch woud. See also wold, ultimately of the same origin. Largely displaced by forest.

Scrabble Score: 9

weald: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
weald: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weald: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

weald: valid Words With Friends Word