DRAD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. DRAD 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DRAD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DRAD is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DRAD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DRAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does DRAD mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To be feared greatly or held in awe, as the old past tense and past participle of dread.
Writers such as Spenser used drad where a modern writer would put dreaded, so that a king drad by his enemies was one they feared greatly. The form fell out of use as English verb endings simplified, leaving dreaded as the only past tense in current speech.
How DRAD is used
Archaic; found only in older poetry and quotation, never in modern writing.
- The tyrant was drad throughout the land for his cruelty.
- In the old poem, the dragon was more drad than any army.
- He wrote that the sea itself was drad by sailors of that age.
- The chronicle says the name alone was drad by their enemies.
- She quoted the line where the giant is drad by all who see him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in DRAD
2 words end in DRAD. Useful as a back hook: play DRAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with DRAD inside
2 words contain DRAD in the middle. Words that start with DRAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DRAD
Common questions about DRAD
- Is DRAD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DRAD is not in it.
- How many points is DRAD worth?
- DRAD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRAD mean?
- To be feared greatly or held in awe, as the old past tense and past participle of dread.
- What letters can be added to DRAD?
- DRAD takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DRAD:
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