FAD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAD?
| 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 FAD 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 FAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does FAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fashion that is taken up quickly and dropped quickly.
A fad differs from a fashion by how it ends: fashions change and fads collapse, usually leaving whoever took them up looking foolish. The word is nineteenth-century and nobody knows where it came from, which is fitting for something so short-lived.
How FAD is used
Countable: a fad, two fads.
- The whole thing was a fad and lasted one summer.
- A fad collapses where a fashion merely changes.
- Every diet fad returns under a different name.
- Two fads in one year is unusual even for that trade.
- The word fad has no known origin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAD
Showing 24 of 53 words that begin with FAD.
Words with FAD inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain FAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FAD
Common questions about FAD
- Is FAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAD worth?
- FAD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAD mean?
- A fashion that is taken up quickly and dropped quickly.
- What letters can be added to FAD?
- FAD takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FAD:
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