BAUD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BAUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAUD?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAUD is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
baudsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAUD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BAUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What stands out about BAUD
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 BAUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of signalling speed on a line, in symbols per second.
Baud is not the same as bits per second and never was, though the two were treated as one for years because early equipment sent a single bit at a time. It carries the name of a French engineer and it belongs to the age of the modem, so meeting it now dates a document about as precisely as a typeface would.
How BAUD is used
Countable: a baud, two baud. The plural is usually unmarked after a number.
- The line ran at three hundred baud and felt fast at the time.
- Baud and bits per second are not the same measure.
- He remembers the sound a modem made at that baud.
- The manual gives the baud and nothing else useful.
- Nobody quotes a figure in baud any more.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAUD
The 4 tiles of BAUD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BAUD
11 longer words begin with BAUD.
Words ending in BAUD
2 words end in BAUD. Useful as a back hook: play BAUD onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAUD inside
11 words contain BAUD in the middle. Words that start with BAUD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAUD
Common questions about BAUD
- Is BAUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAUD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAUD worth?
- BAUD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAUD mean?
- A unit of signalling speed on a line, in symbols per second.
- What letters can be added to BAUD?
- BAUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BAUD:
Open BAUD in the Word Finder