BID is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BID?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BID is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BID scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does BID mean in Scrabble?
verb
To offer a price for something.
Bid has two past forms doing different jobs: one for an auction and bade for the older sense of commanding or wishing. English keeps them apart by meaning rather than by any rule, and most speakers use only one of the two in a lifetime.
How BID is used
Transitive and intransitive. The past is bid or bade.
- She bid twice and stopped.
- Two people bid against each other and both regretted it.
- The older past form belongs to a bid of a quite different kind.
- The bidding went past the estimate in a minute.
- A bid at auction is binding and a wish is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BID
The 3 tiles of BID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BID
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with BID.
Words ending in BID
20 words end in BID. Useful as a back hook: play BID onto a word already on the board.
Words with BID inside
Showing 24 of 138 words that contain BID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BID
Common questions about BID
- Is BID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BID, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BID worth?
- BID is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BID mean?
- To offer a price for something.
- What letters can be added to BID?
- BID takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BID:
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