IDES is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. IDES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IDES?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IDES is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IDES
Back hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How IDES scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in IDES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about IDES
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 IDES mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
In the ancient Roman calendar, the fifteenth day of March, May, July or October, or the thirteenth day of the other months.
The ides marked the middle of the Roman month and was originally tied to the full moon. It became widely known through the warning beware the ides of March, referring to the day in 44 BC when Julius Caesar was assassinated, and the word is now used mainly in historical or literary contexts referring to that Roman dating system.
How IDES is used
Historical term from the Roman calendar; encountered mainly in history and literature, especially the phrase ides of March.
- Caesar was warned to beware the ides of March.
- The ides of that month fell on the fifteenth day.
- Historians dated the letter to the ides of July.
- The soothsayer's warning about the ides proved true.
- Roman records often referred to payments due on the ides.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IDES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IDES
The 4 tiles of IDES in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in IDES
Showing 24 of 538 words that end in IDES. Useful as a back hook: play IDES onto a word already on the board.
Words with IDES inside
Showing 24 of 123 words that contain IDES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with IDES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IDES
Common questions about IDES
- Is IDES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IDES, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IDES worth?
- IDES is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IDES mean?
- In the ancient Roman calendar, the fifteenth day of March, May, July or October, or the thirteenth day of the other months.
- What letters can be added to IDES?
- IDES takes 10 hooks: 10 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of IDES:
Open IDES in the Word Finder