ANDS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ANDS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANDS?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANDS is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANDS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ANDS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ANDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about ANDS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANDS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Instances of the word and, especially as used in the phrase ifs, ands, or buts, meaning objections or conditions.
When someone says there will be no ifs, ands, or buts, the small connecting words if, and and but are being treated as things in themselves. They stand for the excuses and conditions a person might raise against a decision, rather than being used as ordinary conjunctions.
How ANDS is used
Chiefly used in the fixed phrase ifs, ands, or buts; rare as a plain plural elsewhere.
- There will be no ifs, ands, or buts about the new curfew.
- He listed every excuse, full of ifs and ands, before agreeing to go.
- The teacher refused to hear any more ands from the back row.
- No ands, said the coach, just get on the bus.
- She cut through his ifs and ands and gave a plain answer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANDS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANDS
The 4 tiles of ANDS in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in ANDS
Showing 24 of 300 words that end in ANDS. Useful as a back hook: play ANDS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANDS inside
Showing 24 of 130 words that contain ANDS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANDS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANDS
Common questions about ANDS
- Is ANDS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANDS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANDS worth?
- ANDS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANDS mean?
- Instances of the word and, especially as used in the phrase ifs, ands, or buts, meaning objections or conditions.
- What letters can be added to ANDS?
- ANDS takes 8 hooks: 8 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ANDS:
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