CAD is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CAD 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 CAD?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAD is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does CAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards women.
Cad is clipped from caddie and began as a term for somebody who hung about waiting for odd jobs, which is how the class judgement got inside it. It belongs to a particular kind of novel, and using it now is either a joke or a costume.
How CAD is used
Countable: a cad, two cads. Dated.
- He behaved like a cad and was described as one for forty years.
- The word cad carries a judgement about class as well as conduct.
- A cad in fiction always has good manners and no honour.
- Two cads and a duel would have covered the whole plot.
- Calling somebody a cad now is a deliberate anachronism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAD
Showing 24 of 89 words that begin with CAD.
Words ending in CAD
5 words end in CAD. Useful as a back hook: play CAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAD inside
Showing 24 of 202 words that contain CAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAD
Common questions about CAD
- Is CAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAD worth?
- CAD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAD mean?
- A man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards women.
- What letters can be added to CAD?
- CAD takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAD:
Open CAD in the Word Finder