SCALD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SCALD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCALD?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCALD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCALD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scaldsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCALD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCALD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does SCALD mean in Scrabble?
verb
To burn skin or another surface with hot liquid or steam.
To scald someone means to injure their skin with boiling water, hot oil, or steam, which is why cooks are warned to handle kettles and pans carefully. The word is also used in cooking itself, where a recipe may tell a cook to scald milk, meaning to heat it just to the point before it boils, often to prepare it for a recipe. Unlike a burn from dry heat or fire, a scald comes specifically from a hot liquid or vapor. Doctors and safety guides use the word to describe this particular kind of injury separately from other burns.
How SCALD is used
Common in both everyday speech about accidents and in cooking instructions.
- Steam from the pot can scald your hand if you lean too close.
- The recipe says to scald the milk before adding it to the dough.
- She was rushed to hospital after hot coffee spilled and scalded her arm.
- Always test bath water so it doesn't scald a young child.
- He learned to scald tomatoes briefly to loosen their skins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCALD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCALD
The 5 tiles of SCALD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCALD
17 longer words begin with SCALD.
Words ending in SCALD
1 words end in SCALD. Useful as a back hook: play SCALD onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCALD inside
3 words contain SCALD in the middle. Words that start with SCALD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCALD
Common questions about SCALD
- Is SCALD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCALD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCALD worth?
- SCALD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCALD mean?
- To burn skin or another surface with hot liquid or steam.
- What letters can be added to SCALD?
- SCALD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCALD:
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