BADDY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BADDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BADDY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BADDY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BADDY
No single letter turns BADDY into another word.
How BADDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BADDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does BADDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal word for a villain, especially in a film, story or game.
Baddy works as a breezier stand-in for the antagonist of a tale, most often heard when adults talk to children about cartoons or comics. It pairs naturally with goody, so people often speak of the goodies and the baddies chasing one another through a plot. The tone is playful and slightly mocking, which is why reviewers keep it out of serious discussion of literature and reach for a more formal label instead. British writers also spell it baddie, and both versions turn up constantly in newspapers and casual conversation about films and games.
How BADDY is used
Informal and often used with children or in casual writing about films and games; villain is preferred in formal contexts.
- The film needed a more convincing baddy.
- In the cartoon, the baddy is finally caught in the last scene.
- Children love guessing who the baddy will turn out to be.
- The reviewer joked that the baddy had better lines than the hero.
- Every superhero story needs a memorable baddy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BADDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BADDY
Common questions about BADDY
- Is BADDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BADDY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BADDY worth?
- BADDY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BADDY mean?
- An informal word for a villain, especially in a film, story or game.
- What letters can be added to BADDY?
- No single letter can be added to BADDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BADDY:
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