BAD is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAD is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does BAD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of poor quality, or unpleasant.
Bad has no known origin, which is remarkable for a word this common: it appears in the thirteenth century with no ancestor and no relatives anywhere. Its comparative is borrowed from a different word entirely, and that is usually a sign of great age rather than of recency.
How BAD is used
Before and after the noun. The comparative is worse.
- The weather was bad and the road was worse.
- A bad decision made quickly is still a bad decision.
- Nobody knows where the word bad came from.
- He is bad at chess and good at losing.
- The comparative of bad is borrowed from another word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAD
The 3 tiles of BAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAD
Showing 24 of 51 words that begin with BAD.
Words ending in BAD
6 words end in BAD. Useful as a back hook: play BAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAD inside
Showing 24 of 42 words that contain BAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAD
Common questions about BAD
- Is BAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAD worth?
- BAD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAD mean?
- Of poor quality, or unpleasant.
- What letters can be added to BAD?
- BAD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAD:
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