LID is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LID 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 LID?
| 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 LID 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 LID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LID scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does LID mean in Scrabble?
noun
A removable cover for a container.
Lid in slang means a hat, and putting a lid on something means stopping it, which is nineteenth-century American. The eyelid is the same word, and English attached the body part to it without any ceremony at all.
How LID is used
Countable: a lid, two lids.
- The lid does not fit and never has.
- They put a lid on the story within a day.
- The word lid is the same one that gives eyelid.
- Two lids and neither belongs to this pan.
- A lid in older slang is a hat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LID
13 longer words begin with LID.
Words ending in LID
Showing 24 of 50 words that end in LID. Useful as a back hook: play LID onto a word already on the board.
Words with LID inside
Showing 24 of 363 words that contain LID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LID
Common questions about LID
- Is LID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LID, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LID worth?
- LID is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LID mean?
- A removable cover for a container.
- What letters can be added to LID?
- LID takes 6 hooks: 4 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LID:
Open LID in the Word Finder