DEAD is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DEAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEAD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEAD is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEAD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DEAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does DEAD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
No longer alive; having ceased to live.
Dead describes a person, animal or plant that has died, but it extends widely to anything that has stopped working or showing activity, such as a dead battery, a dead phone line or a dead calm sea. As an adverb it can also mean completely, as in dead tired or dead certain.
How DEAD is used
Extremely common word with many extended, non-literal uses beyond the literal sense of not alive.
- The old tree had been dead for years before it fell.
- Everyone in the room fell dead silent.
- The battery in the remote is completely dead.
- He was dead tired after the long shift.
- The phone line went dead in the middle of the call.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEAD
Showing 24 of 68 words that begin with DEAD.
Words ending in DEAD
2 words end in DEAD. Useful as a back hook: play DEAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEAD inside
1 words contain DEAD in the middle. Words that start with DEAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEAD
Common questions about DEAD
- Is DEAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEAD, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEAD worth?
- DEAD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEAD mean?
- No longer alive; having ceased to live.
- What letters can be added to DEAD?
- DEAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DEAD:
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