horde

Meanings

Plural: hordes

Noun

a vast multitude
a nomadic community
a moving crowd
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
A large number of people or things.

Verb

to travel en masse, to flock

Origin / Etymology

Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда́ (ordá, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian орд (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”) and Kalmyk орда (orda). Doublet of orda and Urdu.

Synonyms

drove, host, legion, swarm

Scrabble Score: 9

horde is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
horde is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 8

horde is a valid Words With Friends word