REDD is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. REDD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REDD?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REDD is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REDD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REDD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in REDD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does REDD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A shallow nest scooped out of gravel by a trout or salmon in which to lay its eggs.
A redd is dug by the fish itself using its tail to hollow out the gravel bed of a stream, and the eggs are laid and then covered over within it. The word is used by anglers and fishery biologists rather than in everyday speech.
How REDD is used
Technical; used mainly in fishery and angling contexts, rarely in general conversation.
- The salmon dug a redd in the gravel of the shallow stream.
- Biologists counted the number of redds along the riverbed.
- A trout will guard its redd until the eggs hatch.
- Heavy rain can wash away a redd before the eggs survive.
- The guide pointed out an old redd left from the previous spawning run.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REDD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REDD
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with REDD.
Words ending in REDD
2 words end in REDD. Useful as a back hook: play REDD onto a word already on the board.
Words with REDD inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain REDD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REDD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REDD
Common questions about REDD
- Is REDD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REDD, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REDD worth?
- REDD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REDD mean?
- A shallow nest scooped out of gravel by a trout or salmon in which to lay its eggs.
- What letters can be added to REDD?
- REDD takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of REDD:
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