RED is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. RED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RED?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RED is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RED scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What does RED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of the colour of blood or fire.
Red is the oldest colour term in English after black and white, and every language that has only three such words has exactly those three. The political sense dates from 1848 and the flags carried in that year.
How RED is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative redder.
- A red door on a grey street is a decision.
- The word red is among the oldest colour terms in English.
- Redder than it was last year and still fading.
- The political sense of red dates from 1848.
- Two reds on the same wall that do not match.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RED
The 3 tiles of RED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RED
Showing 24 of 535 words that begin with RED.
Words ending in RED
Showing 24 of 1923 words that end in RED. Useful as a back hook: play RED onto a word already on the board.
Words with RED inside
Showing 24 of 712 words that contain RED somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RED
Common questions about RED
- Is RED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RED, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RED worth?
- RED is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RED mean?
- Of the colour of blood or fire.
- What letters can be added to RED?
- RED takes 9 hooks: 5 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RED:
Open RED in the Word Finder