AID is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. AID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AID?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AID is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AID scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 499.
What does AID mean in Scrabble?
noun
Help or assistance, especially given to those in need.
Aid as a noun about international relief is twentieth-century, and the older sense is simply help of any kind. A hearing aid and a visual aid use a third sense entirely, about a thing rather than about an action.
How AID is used
Uncountable for help; countable for a device.
- The aid arrived four days after it was needed.
- A hearing aid is a device and not an act of charity.
- They aided the escape and denied it for thirty years.
- The word aid for international relief is recent.
- Two aid agencies working in the same valley and not speaking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AID
The 3 tiles of AID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AID
19 longer words begin with AID.
Words ending in AID
Showing 24 of 85 words that end in AID. Useful as a back hook: play AID onto a word already on the board.
Words with AID inside
Showing 24 of 174 words that contain AID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AID
Common questions about AID
- Is AID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AID, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AID worth?
- AID is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AID mean?
- Help or assistance, especially given to those in need.
- What letters can be added to AID?
- AID takes 14 hooks: 11 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AID:
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