BIRD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BIRD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIRD?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIRD is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIRD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIRD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BIRD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BIRD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animal covered in feathers, with wings and a beak.
A bird typically has a lightweight skeleton and hollow bones that help make flight possible, though not every species can fly. Birds range enormously in size, from tiny hummingbirds to large flightless ostriches.
How BIRD is used
Countable noun; the plural form is birds.
- A small bird landed on the windowsill.
- Birds migrate south before winter arrives.
- The bird's nest was hidden in the hedge.
- She photographed a rare bird in the forest.
- The bird sang loudly at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIRD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIRD
The 4 tiles of BIRD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BIRD
Showing 24 of 59 words that begin with BIRD.
Words ending in BIRD
Showing 24 of 76 words that end in BIRD. Useful as a back hook: play BIRD onto a word already on the board.
Words with BIRD inside
Showing 24 of 83 words that contain BIRD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BIRD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIRD
Common questions about BIRD
- Is BIRD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIRD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIRD worth?
- BIRD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIRD mean?
- A warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animal covered in feathers, with wings and a beak.
- What letters can be added to BIRD?
- BIRD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BIRD:
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