ADIT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ADIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADIT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADIT is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aditsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ADIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What does ADIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A horizontal or gently sloping entrance tunnel into a mine.
An adit is a nearly level tunnel driven into a hillside to give miners access to the ore body and to let water drain out or air circulate. This differs from a vertical shaft, which needs hoists to reach the same depth.
How ADIT is used
Used in mining, geology and industrial history rather than everyday speech.
- Rainwater still trickles from the old adit at the base of the hill.
- The company drove a new adit to reach the lower coal seam without sinking a shaft.
- Hikers found a rusted gate blocking the abandoned adit.
- Fresh air flowed into the mine through the long adit.
- Engineers surveyed the adit before allowing tourists inside the old silver mine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ADIT
The 4 tiles of ADIT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ADIT
1 longer words begin with ADIT.
Words with ADIT inside
Showing 24 of 49 words that contain ADIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ADIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ADIT
Common questions about ADIT
- Is ADIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADIT, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADIT worth?
- ADIT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADIT mean?
- A horizontal or gently sloping entrance tunnel into a mine.
- What letters can be added to ADIT?
- ADIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ADIT:
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