OLDIE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OLDIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLDIE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLDIE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLDIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLDIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OLDIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,446.
What does OLDIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An old song, film, or television programme that remains well known or popular; informally, an older person.
Oldie is most commonly heard on the radio, where a station devoted to older hits is called an oldies station. The word can also refer casually to an older person, though this use carries a light, joking tone rather than a formal one. Unlike oldy, its rarer spelling variant, oldie is the form almost universally used in print and speech today. The plural oldies frequently appears in phrases like golden oldies, describing especially beloved songs from decades past.
How OLDIE is used
Informal countable noun, common in casual speech and especially in radio and entertainment contexts.
- The radio station played nothing but oldies all afternoon.
- That movie has become a real oldie but still holds up well.
- He joked about being an oldie compared to the new hires.
- Fans requested their favorite oldie during the concert.
- The jukebox was stocked with oldies from the sixties.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLDIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OLDIE
The 5 tiles of OLDIE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OLDIE
1 longer words begin with OLDIE.
Words ending in OLDIE
1 words end in OLDIE. Useful as a back hook: play OLDIE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OLDIE inside
23 words contain OLDIE in the middle. Words that start with OLDIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OLDIE
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Common questions about OLDIE
- Is OLDIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLDIE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLDIE worth?
- OLDIE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLDIE mean?
- An old song, film, or television programme that remains well known or popular; informally, an older person.
- What letters can be added to OLDIE?
- OLDIE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OLDIE:
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