IDIOT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. IDIOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IDIOT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IDIOT is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IDIOT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IDIOT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in IDIOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What does IDIOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person regarded as extremely foolish, senseless, or lacking in good judgment.
In everyday speech, idiot is a strong, informal insult aimed at someone who has behaved carelessly or said something obviously wrong, and the word is often softened into a mild exclamation of self-criticism, as when a person calls themselves an idiot for a small mistake. Centuries ago, idiot was instead a formal legal and medical term for a person with a profound, lifelong intellectual disability, distinguished at the time from milder conditions. That older clinical use has been abandoned entirely, and idiot now survives only as a term of frustration or mockery.
How IDIOT is used
A common, informal term of criticism today; its former use as a clinical or legal label is obsolete and no longer acceptable.
- He felt like an idiot after locking his keys inside the car.
- Only an idiot would ignore such an obvious warning sign.
- She called herself an idiot for forgetting the meeting entirely.
- He muttered idiot under his breath at the driver who cut him off.
- Critics mocked the plan as an idiotic waste of public money.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IDIOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IDIOT
18 longer words begin with IDIOT.
Words ending in IDIOT
1 words end in IDIOT. Useful as a back hook: play IDIOT onto a word already on the board.
Words with IDIOT inside
1 words contain IDIOT in the middle. Words that start with IDIOT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IDIOT
Common questions about IDIOT
- Is IDIOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IDIOT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IDIOT worth?
- IDIOT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IDIOT mean?
- A person regarded as extremely foolish, senseless, or lacking in good judgment.
- What letters can be added to IDIOT?
- IDIOT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of IDIOT:
Open IDIOT in the Word Finder