AIDA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. AIDA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept AIDA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AIDA is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AIDA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AIDA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AIDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does AIDA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A coarse, evenly woven cotton fabric with a visible grid pattern, used as a base for cross-stitch embroidery.
Aida cloth is woven so that its threads form clear, countable squares, which makes it far easier for embroiderers to place each cross-stitch accurately than on ordinary fabric. Craft shops sell it by count, describing how many squares fit into an inch, since a finer count gives smaller, more detailed stitching.
How AIDA is used
Used in needlework and craft contexts rather than general fashion vocabulary.
- She stretched a square of aida onto the embroidery hoop.
- The pattern called for a fourteen-count aida fabric.
- Beginners often start cross-stitch projects on aida because the grid is so easy to follow.
- He trimmed the edges of the aida before framing the finished piece.
- The craft store stocked aida in several different colours and counts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AIDA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AIDA
5 longer words begin with AIDA.
Words ending in AIDA
2 words end in AIDA. Useful as a back hook: play AIDA onto a word already on the board.
Words with AIDA inside
10 words contain AIDA in the middle. Words that start with AIDA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AIDA
Common questions about AIDA
- Is AIDA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AIDA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AIDA worth?
- AIDA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AIDA mean?
- A coarse, evenly woven cotton fabric with a visible grid pattern, used as a base for cross-stitch embroidery.
- What letters can be added to AIDA?
- AIDA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AIDA:
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