HEED is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HEED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEED?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEED is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HEED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,427.
What does HEED mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To pay careful attention to advice.
Heed is unrelated to head despite the single letter between them: its Germanic root is about guarding rather than about the body. The noun survives chiefly in one fixed phrase.
How HEED is used
Heeded, heeds. Also a noun in take heed.
- They heeded none of it and paid for that later.
- The word heed has nothing to do with head.
- Take heed is where the noun still survives.
- A warning heeded a year earlier would have been enough.
- The root behind heed is about guarding.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEED
The 4 tiles of HEED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HEED
18 longer words begin with HEED.
Words ending in HEED
4 words end in HEED. Useful as a back hook: play HEED onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEED inside
20 words contain HEED in the middle. Words that start with HEED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEED
Common questions about HEED
- Is HEED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEED, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEED worth?
- HEED is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEED mean?
- To pay careful attention to advice.
- What letters can be added to HEED?
- HEED takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HEED:
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