LADE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LADE?
| 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 LADE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LADE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LADE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about LADE
- 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 LADE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To load a ship or vehicle with cargo.
To lade a vessel is to fill its hold with goods before a voyage. The same word gave English the noun lading, meaning the cargo itself, as still used in the shipping term bill of lading.
How LADE is used
Archaic and literary; the everyday word today is simply load.
- Dockworkers began to lade the ship with barrels of grain at dawn.
- It took most of the day to lade the cargo hold completely.
- The captain would not sail until the crew finished to lade the vessel.
- Merchants watched anxiously as workers began to lade the wagon with goods.
- The old poem describes sailors who lade their boat before the tide turns.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LADE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LADE
The 4 tiles of LADE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with LADE
10 longer words begin with LADE.
Words ending in LADE
Showing 24 of 30 words that end in LADE. Useful as a back hook: play LADE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LADE inside
Showing 24 of 66 words that contain LADE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LADE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LADE
Common questions about LADE
- Is LADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LADE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LADE worth?
- LADE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LADE mean?
- To load a ship or vehicle with cargo.
- What letters can be added to LADE?
- LADE takes 8 hooks: 4 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LADE:
Open LADE in the Word Finder