IDE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. IDE 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept IDE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IDE is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 16 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IDE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in IDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What stands out about IDE
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does IDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A silvery freshwater fish of the carp family, kept in ponds as the orfe.
The ide is a European cyprinid, and the golden form of it — the orfe of garden ponds — is the version most people have actually seen. English took the name from Swedish id, which is why it looks nothing like the fish's other names and why it is so short.
How IDE is used
Countable: an ide, several ide or ides. Orfe is the commoner name in the aquarium trade.
- A single ide moved along the bottom and everything else scattered.
- The pond holds carp, tench and one elderly ide.
- He fished for ide because nobody else on the bank bothered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IDE
The 3 tiles of IDE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with IDE
Showing 24 of 114 words that begin with IDE.
Words ending in IDE
Showing 24 of 480 words that end in IDE. Useful as a back hook: play IDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with IDE inside
Showing 24 of 1751 words that contain IDE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with IDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IDE
Common questions about IDE
- Is IDE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and IDE is not in it.
- How many points is IDE worth?
- IDE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IDE mean?
- A silvery freshwater fish of the carp family, kept in ponds as the orfe.
- What letters can be added to IDE?
- IDE takes 16 hooks: 12 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of IDE:
Open IDE in the Word Finder