HALID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HALID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HALID?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HALID is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HALID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HALID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HALID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does HALID mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical compound formed when a halogen element combines with a metal or another element or group; a variant spelling of halide.
Halid names the same family of compounds as the more common spelling halide, produced whenever an element such as chlorine, fluorine, bromine, or iodine bonds with a metal or another chemical group. Familiar examples include table salt, a halid of sodium and chlorine, and silver halids, which are the light-sensitive compounds once essential to photographic film. Chemists today write halide far more often than halid, so the shorter spelling turns up mostly in older texts, crossword puzzles, or word games rather than current scientific papers. Either spelling refers to the identical class of compounds, and the choice between them is a matter of spelling convention rather than chemistry.
How HALID is used
A chemistry term; halide is now the standard spelling, and halid appears mainly in older writing or word games.
- Table salt is a common halid formed from sodium and chlorine.
- The lab tested several silver halid samples for light sensitivity.
- Old textbooks sometimes spelled the compound halid instead of halide.
- Photographic film once relied on silver halid crystals to capture light.
- Students learned to name each halid by its component elements.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HALID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HALID
7 longer words begin with HALID.
Words ending in HALID
1 words end in HALID. Useful as a back hook: play HALID onto a word already on the board.
Words with HALID inside
5 words contain HALID in the middle. Words that start with HALID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HALID
Common questions about HALID
- Is HALID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HALID, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HALID worth?
- HALID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HALID mean?
- A chemical compound formed when a halogen element combines with a metal or another element or group; a variant spelling of halide.
- What letters can be added to HALID?
- HALID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HALID:
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