OLID is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. OLID is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept OLID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLID is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLID
Front hooks — 1
solidBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OLID scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OLID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about OLID
- The same 4 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 OLID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Foul-smelling; giving off a strong, unpleasant odour.
Olid describes something that smells rank or offensive, from rotting matter to stale air, and it comes from the Latin olidus, meaning smelly. The word is rare in modern English and turns up mainly in older or deliberately literary writing rather than in everyday description of a bad smell.
How OLID is used
Rare and literary; most writers use foul-smelling, rank or fetid instead.
- An olid mist hung over the marsh at dawn.
- The cellar had a dark, olid smell of mould.
- He described the alley as olid with rotting vegetables.
- The old translation calls the swamp gas olid rather than foul.
- An olid wind blew in from the tannery across the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OLID
The 4 tiles of OLID in a different order — 4 found.
Words ending in OLID
6 words end in OLID. Useful as a back hook: play OLID onto a word already on the board.
Words with OLID inside
Showing 24 of 106 words that contain OLID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OLID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OLID
Common questions about OLID
- Is OLID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLID, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLID worth?
- OLID is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLID mean?
- Foul-smelling; giving off a strong, unpleasant odour.
- What letters can be added to OLID?
- OLID takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OLID:
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