LAD is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAD?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAD is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does LAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A boy or a young man.
Lad is northern in origin and has kept a warmth that boy lacks, which is why a man of fifty can still be one of the lads. The plural took on a life of its own in Britain in the 1990s and now names a whole style of behaviour.
How LAD is used
Countable: a lad, two lads. Informal.
- A lad of nineteen with a van and no plan.
- One of the lads is a description and sometimes a warning.
- The word lad is northern in origin.
- Two lads carried it and a third supervised.
- The plural lads named a style of behaviour in the 1990s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAD
The 3 tiles of LAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAD
Showing 24 of 99 words that begin with LAD.
Words ending in LAD
20 words end in LAD. Useful as a back hook: play LAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAD inside
Showing 24 of 354 words that contain LAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAD
Common questions about LAD
- Is LAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAD, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAD worth?
- LAD is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAD mean?
- A boy or a young man.
- What letters can be added to LAD?
- LAD takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LAD:
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