HADEDAH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points

It depends on the list you play by. HADEDAH 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 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept HADEDAH?

Word power: 57 / 100

Our own measure of how useful HADEDAH is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HADEDAH

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How HADEDAH scores

Face value of the 7 tiles in HADEDAH, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,176 thousand.

What stands out about HADEDAH

• HADEDAH is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
• HADEDAH begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with HADEDAH

1 longer words begin with HADEDAH.

Shorter words from the letters in HADEDAH

Common questions about HADEDAH

Is HADEDAH valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HADEDAH is not in it.

How many points is HADEDAH worth?

HADEDAH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HADEDAH?

HADEDAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.