AND is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. AND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AND?
| 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 AND is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AND scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does AND mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
Used to connect words, phrases or clauses.
And is the commonest conjunction in the language and among the ten commonest words of any kind. The rule against opening a sentence with it has no basis at all: it stands at the head of sentences throughout the King James Bible.
How AND is used
Between the items joined. Also a noun — ifs and ands.
- Bread and cheese and nothing else in the house.
- And nobody had thought to ask the obvious question.
- The word and is among the ten commonest in English.
- No ifs and no ands about the deadline.
- The rule against starting with and was invented by teachers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AND
The 3 tiles of AND in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AND
Showing 24 of 77 words that begin with AND.
Words ending in AND
Showing 24 of 325 words that end in AND. Useful as a back hook: play AND onto a word already on the board.
Words with AND inside
Showing 24 of 2541 words that contain AND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AND
Common questions about AND
- Is AND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AND, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AND worth?
- AND is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AND mean?
- Used to connect words, phrases or clauses.
- What letters can be added to AND?
- AND takes 10 hooks: 9 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AND:
Open AND in the Word Finder