GRANDDADDY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. GRANDDADDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRANDDADDY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRANDDADDY is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRANDDADDY
No single letter turns GRANDDADDY into another word.
How GRANDDADDY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GRANDDADDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 4 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRANDDADDY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GRANDDADDY
- The letter D appears four times in GRANDDADDY.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRANDDADDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A child's affectionate word for a grandfather, or a very large or early example of something.
Granddaddy is warm and chatty, the sort of name a child might use at home. It also turns up in phrases like the granddaddy of all storms, where it means the biggest or oldest of its kind.
How GRANDDADDY is used
Informal, used in families and in figures of speech about something huge or original.
- Granddaddy told stories on the porch every summer.
- This storm is the granddaddy of them all.
- The old oak is the granddaddy of the whole forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRANDDADDY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GRANDDADDY
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Common questions about GRANDDADDY
- Is GRANDDADDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRANDDADDY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRANDDADDY worth?
- GRANDDADDY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRANDDADDY mean?
- A child's affectionate word for a grandfather, or a very large or early example of something.
- What letters can be added to GRANDDADDY?
- No single letter can be added to GRANDDADDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GRANDDADDY:
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