DADAH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. DADAH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DADAH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DADAH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DADAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dadahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DADAH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DADAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does DADAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianslang
Illegal drugs, especially hard narcotics, in Australian slang.
Dadah entered Australian English from Malay, where the word covers medicine in general, and it narrowed in Australian slang to mean illicit drugs specifically. Court reports and tabloid headlines use dadah for the substance itself, as in a dadah charge or a dadah bust, rather than for medicine in the ordinary sense. The word keeps a slightly dated, headline flavour and rarely appears in ordinary conversation about drugs today.
How DADAH is used
Informal Australian slang, most often seen in the set phrases dadah charge and dadah trafficking rather than standing alone.
- The paper ran another dadah bust on its front page.
- He was arrested on a dadah charge at the airport.
- Police called the shipment a large quantity of dadah.
- Older Australian slang used dadah where today's speakers say drugs.
- The word dadah still turns up in court reports from the period.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DADAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DADAH
1 longer words begin with DADAH.
Shorter words from the letters in DADAH
Common questions about DADAH
- Is DADAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DADAH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DADAH worth?
- DADAH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DADAH mean?
- Illegal drugs, especially hard narcotics, in Australian slang.
- What letters can be added to DADAH?
- DADAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DADAH:
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