DAH is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAH?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAH is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does DAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The long signal in Morse code.
Dah is how a long signal is said aloud and dit is the short one: operators learn the rhythm as sound rather than as marks on a page. Teaching by ear instead of by eye is the whole difference between somebody who can copy it and somebody who cannot.
How DAH is used
Countable: a dah, two dahs. The short signal is a dit.
- A dah is three times the length of the short signal.
- The letter is dit dah and nothing else.
- They teach it as dahs and dits rather than as dashes.
- A dah held too long is read as two.
- Learning by eye instead of by dah is the usual mistake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAH
The 3 tiles of DAH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DAH
24 longer words begin with DAH.
Words ending in DAH
21 words end in DAH. Useful as a back hook: play DAH onto a word already on the board.
Words with DAH inside
22 words contain DAH in the middle. Words that start with DAH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAH
Common questions about DAH
- Is DAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAH, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAH worth?
- DAH is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAH mean?
- The long signal in Morse code.
- What letters can be added to DAH?
- DAH takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DAH:
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