ARED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARED 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ARED?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARED is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ARED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about ARED
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 ARED mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To advise or counsel someone, or to declare what should be done, in archaic and poetic English.
The spelling ared appears in the poetry of Edmund Spenser and other early writers alongside aread and arede. There, a wise figure would ared a companion, meaning give guidance or set out a course of action, a sense now only met in old verse.
How ARED is used
Archaic and literary; found in old poetry rather than in ordinary speech or modern writing.
- The wise old counsellor did ared the young knight before the battle.
- None could ared him better than his own father.
- She begged the sage to ared her on the path ahead.
- The poem shows the hermit ared the traveller in riddling verse.
- He would not be ared by anyone who doubted his cause.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARED
The 4 tiles of ARED in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ARED
4 longer words begin with ARED.
Words ending in ARED
Showing 24 of 139 words that end in ARED. Useful as a back hook: play ARED onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARED inside
21 words contain ARED in the middle. Words that start with ARED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARED
Common questions about ARED
- Is ARED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARED is not in it.
- How many points is ARED worth?
- ARED is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARED mean?
- To advise or counsel someone, or to declare what should be done, in archaic and poetic English.
- What letters can be added to ARED?
- ARED takes 14 hooks: 12 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARED:
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