SPEED is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SPEED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPEED?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPEED is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPEED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPEED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPEED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,648.
What stands out about SPEED
- The letters of SPEED run in reverse alphabetical order.
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 SPEED mean in Scrabble?
noun
The rate at which someone or something moves or an event happens, measured as distance covered over time; also used as a verb meaning to move quickly or to cause something to happen faster.
A car's speed measures how much distance it covers in a given time, and the same idea scales down to a runner's pace or up to the speed of light without changing the core meaning. As a verb, a driver who speeds either moves unusually fast or, in a legal sense, exceeds a posted speed limit, while a manager who tries to speed up a project is simply trying to finish it sooner. Photographers use a specialised sense of speed for how quickly film or a lens gathers light, and cyclists talk about the speeds of a gearbox rather than velocity at all. Informally, speed also names methamphetamine and similar stimulant drugs, a slang sense that grew out of the rush of energy such drugs produce.
How SPEED is used
Extremely common across everyday speech, transport, sport and photography, with an informal slang sense naming a stimulant drug.
- The train reached a top speed of two hundred kilometres per hour.
- Police clocked the car speeding well above the limit.
- She switched to a lower gear to control her speed on the hill.
- The team worked hard to speed up delivery times.
- A fast lens is often described by photographers as having good speed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPEED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPEED
The 5 tiles of SPEED in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SPEED
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with SPEED.
Words ending in SPEED
8 words end in SPEED. Useful as a back hook: play SPEED onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPEED inside
11 words contain SPEED in the middle. Words that start with SPEED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPEED
Common questions about SPEED
- Is SPEED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPEED, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPEED worth?
- SPEED is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPEED mean?
- The rate at which someone or something moves or an event happens, measured as distance covered over time; also used as a verb meaning to move quickly or to cause something to happen faster.
- What letters can be added to SPEED?
- SPEED takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPEED:
Open SPEED in the Word Finder