DIDDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DIDDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIDDLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIDDLE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIDDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIDDLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIDDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 3 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does DIDDLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To cheat someone out of money or something else they are owed, usually by a small trick.
Diddle is a casual word that makes a swindle sound petty and almost playful, as when a shopkeeper shorts a customer on change. It is also used for wasting time on trivial things, as in diddling around with a gadget. The word is thought to be a nineteenth-century coinage, possibly tied to the name of a famous swindler in a stage play.
How DIDDLE is used
Informal; more British than American in the sense of cheating.
- The taxi driver tried to diddle us out of a few pounds.
- Nobody likes to be diddled by a salesman with a smile.
- He spent the afternoon trying to diddle the clock into running again.
- The firm was accused of trying to diddle its customers on the fees.
- I refuse to diddle the books just to look better on paper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIDDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIDDLE
The 6 tiles of DIDDLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DIDDLE
6 longer words begin with DIDDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DIDDLE
Common questions about DIDDLE
- Is DIDDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIDDLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIDDLE worth?
- DIDDLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIDDLE mean?
- To cheat someone out of money or something else they are owed, usually by a small trick.
- What letters can be added to DIDDLE?
- DIDDLE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIDDLE:
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