DAD is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAD?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAD is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What stands out about DAD
- DAD is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal word for a father.
Dad turns up in almost every language in some form, because it is among the first sounds a baby produces and parents take it personally. That is why it is not borrowed from anywhere: it was invented separately in each place.
How DAD is used
Countable, and used as a form of address.
- Her dad drove four hours to collect her.
- A dad joke is bad on purpose and that is the point.
- The word dad was invented independently in most languages.
- Two dads at the school gate and one umbrella.
- He became a dad at forty and slept less afterwards.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAD
The 3 tiles of DAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DAD
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with DAD.
Words ending in DAD
13 words end in DAD. Useful as a back hook: play DAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with DAD inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain DAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAD
Common questions about DAD
- Is DAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAD, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAD worth?
- DAD is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAD mean?
- An informal word for a father.
- What letters can be added to DAD?
- DAD takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DAD:
Open DAD in the Word Finder