KID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. KID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KID?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KID is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KID scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in KID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does KID mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young goat, or a child.
The animal came first by four hundred years, and the sense of a young person began as slang before settling into ordinary speech. The leather sits between the two: kid gloves are made from the animal, and handling somebody with them is a phrase about gentleness rather than about farming.
How KID is used
Countable: a kid, two kids. Also a verb meaning to joke.
- The kid was on its feet within the hour.
- Their kids are grown and living three streets away.
- He was kidding and nobody realised for a week.
- Kid gloves are soft because the animal was young.
- Two kids and a nanny goat in a field of nettles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KID
Showing 24 of 75 words that begin with KID.
Words ending in KID
9 words end in KID. Useful as a back hook: play KID onto a word already on the board.
Words with KID inside
Showing 24 of 46 words that contain KID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with KID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KID
Common questions about KID
- Is KID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KID, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KID worth?
- KID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KID mean?
- A young goat, or a child.
- What letters can be added to KID?
- KID takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of KID:
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