BRIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BRIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRIDE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRIDE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRIDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRIDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about BRIDE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 BRIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who is about to be married.
Bride is one half of a pair with groom, and English keeps both words even though most of the ceremony no longer treats them so differently. The compound bridal, an adjective built directly from bride, has outgrown the noun in some contexts — a bridal shop sells to more than just the bride herself. The word is old enough to appear in Old English, long before white dresses or any of the customs now attached to weddings.
How BRIDE is used
Countable: a bride, two brides. The related adjective is bridal, and the male counterpart is groom.
- The bride arrived twenty minutes late and nobody minded.
- Her sister stood beside the bride throughout the ceremony.
- A nervous bride is more common than a calm one.
- The photographer asked the bride to stand near the window.
- Every bride in the family wore the same borrowed veil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRIDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRIDE
The 5 tiles of BRIDE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BRIDE
22 longer words begin with BRIDE.
Words ending in BRIDE
1 words end in BRIDE. Useful as a back hook: play BRIDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BRIDE inside
4 words contain BRIDE in the middle. Words that start with BRIDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRIDE
Common questions about BRIDE
- Is BRIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRIDE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRIDE worth?
- BRIDE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRIDE mean?
- A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who is about to be married.
- What letters can be added to BRIDE?
- BRIDE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRIDE:
Open BRIDE in the Word Finder