OLDS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. OLDS 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 OLDS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLDS is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLDS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OLDS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OLDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,659.
What stands out about OLDS
- 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 OLDS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslang
One's parents, especially as referred to by a grown or teenage child; also, informally, people of a specified age, as in five-year-olds.
Olds is informal slang for a person's mother and father, used mainly by younger speakers, as in "meeting the olds" for meeting someone's parents. Separately, olds also appears as the plural ending in phrases like five-year-olds, referring to people of that age, and it can even serve as a casual short name for an Oldsmobile car.
How OLDS is used
Informal and mainly spoken; the parents sense is youth slang, while the age sense appears in phrases like the six-year-olds.
- He was nervous about bringing his girlfriend to meet the olds.
- The olds still expect a phone call every Sunday.
- The class of six-year-olds lined up for the school photo.
- She joked that living with the olds again felt like being a teenager.
- A group of three-year-olds toddled across the playground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLDS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OLDS
The 4 tiles of OLDS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with OLDS
6 longer words begin with OLDS.
Words ending in OLDS
Showing 24 of 80 words that end in OLDS. Useful as a back hook: play OLDS onto a word already on the board.
Words with OLDS inside
16 words contain OLDS in the middle. Words that start with OLDS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OLDS
Common questions about OLDS
- Is OLDS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLDS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLDS worth?
- OLDS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLDS mean?
- One's parents, especially as referred to by a grown or teenage child; also, informally, people of a specified age, as in five-year-olds.
- What letters can be added to OLDS?
- OLDS takes 8 hooks: 8 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OLDS:
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