LADEN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LADEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LADEN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LADEN is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LADEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ladensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LADEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LADEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about LADEN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 LADEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Heavily loaded or weighed down with a large quantity of something, whether physical cargo or an emotional burden.
Laden began as the old past participle of the verb lade, meaning to load a ship or vehicle with goods, and that maritime sense survives in phrases such as a heavily laden cargo ship. Modern English mostly keeps laden as an adjective rather than an active verb form, often combined with another word to form compounds like guilt-laden or fruit-laden. The word conveys not just weight but often strain, suggesting that whatever carries the load is close to its limit.
How LADEN is used
Usually placed after a noun or joined to another word with a hyphen, as in a table laden with food or a smoke-laden room.
- The old truck rattled down the road, laden with sacks of grain.
- She returned from the market laden with fresh vegetables and bread.
- A heavily laden tanker moved slowly through the narrow channel.
- He walked home laden with guilt after forgetting her birthday.
- The orchard's branches hung laden with ripe apples in early autumn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LADEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LADEN
The 5 tiles of LADEN in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with LADEN
3 longer words begin with LADEN.
Words ending in LADEN
2 words end in LADEN. Useful as a back hook: play LADEN onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LADEN
Common questions about LADEN
- Is LADEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LADEN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LADEN worth?
- LADEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LADEN mean?
- Heavily loaded or weighed down with a large quantity of something, whether physical cargo or an emotional burden.
- What letters can be added to LADEN?
- LADEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LADEN:
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