Is AD valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts AD, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is AD worth?

AD is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to AD?

AD takes 18 hooks: 14 in front and 4 at the end.

AD is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points

Yes. AD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.

a1d2

PlayableAD · 2 letters · 3 pts Scrabble · 3 pts WWF

3points in Scrabble

3points in Words with Friends

2letters

18hooks available

1 in 138odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept AD?

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: 54 / 100

54WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.5%

Our own measure of how useful AD is to know. It scores 3 from 2 tiles, takes 18 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for AD

Front hooks — 14

bad6 cad6 dad5 fad7 gad5 had7 lad4 mad6 pad6 rad4 sad4 tad4 wad7 yad7

Back hooks — 4

add5 ado4 ads4 adz13

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How AD scores

Scrabble a1d2 3

Words with Friends a1d2 3

Face value of the 2 tiles in AD, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
a	1	9
d	1	4

Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 138.

What stands out about AD

AD is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does AD mean in Scrabble?

noun

A short public notice or commercial that promotes something for sale.

How AD is used

The ad ran for three weeks before anyone called the number.
He skipped the ad as soon as the button appeared.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of AD and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Anagrams of AD

da3

The 2 tiles of AD in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with AD

add5 ado4 ads4 adz13 adaw8 adds6 addy9 adit5 ados5 adry8 advt8 adze14 adage7 adapt8 adaws9 adays9 adbot8 addax14 added8 adder7 addio7 addle7 addra7 adeem8

Showing 24 of 925 words that begin with AD.

Words ending in AD

bad6 cad6 dad5 fad7 gad5 had7 lad4 mad6 pad6 rad4 sad4 tad4 wad7 yad7 bead7 blad7 brad7 chad10 clad7 dead6 drad6 duad6 dyad9 ecad7

Showing 24 of 520 words that end in AD. Useful as a back hook: play AD onto a word already on the board.

Words with AD inside

bade7 bads7 cade7 cadi7 cads7 dada6 dado6 dads6 fade8 fado8 fads8 fady11 gade6 gadi6 gado6 gads6 hade8 hadj15 hads8 jade12 kade9 kadi9 lade5 lads5

Showing 24 of 5712 words that contain AD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Common questions about AD

Is AD valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts AD, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is AD worth?: AD is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
What does AD mean?: A short public notice or commercial that promotes something for sale.
What letters can be added to AD?: AD takes 18 hooks: 14 in front and 4 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 2 letters of AD:

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