TIED is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TIED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIED?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIED is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIED
Front hooks — 1
stiedBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TIED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TIED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about TIED
- 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 TIED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Of a house or a pub: held on condition of employment or of supply.
A tied cottage goes with the job and is lost when the job goes, which is why the arrangement produced a century of argument in farming. A tied pub is the same idea applied to beer: it may sell only what one brewery sends, and the word marks a limit rather than a knot.
How TIED is used
Before the noun — a tied cottage, a tied house. Chiefly British.
- The tied cottage came with the job and went with it too.
- A tied house sells one brewery's beer and no other.
- They lost the tied cottage six weeks after he retired.
- The free house across the road outsold the tied one.
- Tied in this sense has nothing to do with rope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIED
The 4 tiles of TIED in a different order — 4 found.
Words ending in TIED
Showing 24 of 43 words that end in TIED. Useful as a back hook: play TIED onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIED inside
1 words contain TIED in the middle. Words that start with TIED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIED
Common questions about TIED
- Is TIED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIED, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIED worth?
- TIED is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIED mean?
- Of a house or a pub: held on condition of employment or of supply.
- What letters can be added to TIED?
- TIED takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TIED:
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