hybrid

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/

Definition of hybrid

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
    “Lastly, the hybrids or mongrels from between all the domestic breeds of pigeons are perfectly fertile.”
See all 10 definitions

noun

  1. Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
    “Lastly, the hybrids or mongrels from between all the domestic breeds of pigeons are perfectly fertile.”
  2. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
  3. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
  4. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
  5. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
  6. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
  7. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

adj

  1. Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.
    “a hybrid mix of jazz and punk”
    “Now, it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to bring forward one case of the hybrid offspring of two animals clearly distinct being themselves perfectly fertile.”
  2. Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
    “Brooklyn has opted for hybrid SUVs, at least, to show environmental consciousness.”
  3. Involving both 2D and 3D animation.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.

Words you can make from hybrid

13 playable · top: YIRD (8 pts)

Best play yird 8 points

4-letter words

2 words

3-letter words

6 words

2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to hybrid to make another valid word.

Find your best play with hybrid

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes hybrid, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.