ALIDADE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ALIDADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALIDADE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALIDADE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALIDADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alidadesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALIDADE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ALIDADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does ALIDADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sighting device that rotates over a scale and is used to take directions or measure angles in surveying.
A surveyor places an alidade on a plane table and sights through it at distant points to draw a map. In astronomy the same word once named the movable arm of an astrolabe.
How ALIDADE is used
Alidade is a technical word in surveying and the history of astronomy; the spelling alidad is rarer.
- The surveyor aimed the alidade at the distant tower.
- An alidade rested on the plane table.
- The astrolabe had a brass alidade that turned on its centre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALIDADE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALIDADE
1 longer words begin with ALIDADE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALIDADE
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Common questions about ALIDADE
- Is ALIDADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALIDADE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALIDADE worth?
- ALIDADE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALIDADE mean?
- A sighting device that rotates over a scale and is used to take directions or measure angles in surveying.
- What letters can be added to ALIDADE?
- ALIDADE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ALIDADE:
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