DAE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. DAE 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DAE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAE is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
daesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DAE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What does DAE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To do, a Scots dialect form of the English verb do.
Dae is simply how many Scots speakers say and spell do, following the regular sound shift that turns an English long o into ae in Scots, the same change seen in hame for home and stane for stone. It stands in for do in nearly every sentence that needs it.
How DAE is used
Used in Scots dialect and Scottish English rather than standard English.
- What dae ye want for yer tea?
- I cannae dae that the night.
- She kens fine whit tae dae next.
- We'll dae it thegither the morn.
- He didnae dae his homework again.
- Dae ye ken the way tae the station?
- They dae their best every single day.
- Ah'll dae the dishes if ye dae the drying.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAE and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see DAE
- Dae follows a regular Scots sound shift that turns an English long o into ae, the same change seen in hame for home and stane for stone.
- Dae is listed in dialect dictionaries as the everyday Scots stand-in wherever an English speaker would reach for do.
Words starting with DAE
10 longer words begin with DAE.
Words ending in DAE
12 words end in DAE. Useful as a back hook: play DAE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DAE inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain DAE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DAE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAE
Common questions about DAE
- Is DAE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DAE is not in it.
- How many points is DAE worth?
- DAE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAE mean?
- To do, a Scots dialect form of the English verb do.
- What letters can be added to DAE?
- DAE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DAE:
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