TRAD is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TRAD 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 TRAD?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRAD is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRAD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TRAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about TRAD
- The same 4 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 TRAD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Traditional — chiefly of jazz played in the New Orleans manner.
Trad had a boom in Britain around 1960, when bands playing an American style forty years old outsold nearly everything else for two or three seasons. The clipping spread from there: trad climbing places its gear as it goes rather than using fixed bolts, and a trad wedding is one nobody has to explain.
How TRAD is used
Before the noun — trad jazz, trad climbing. Chiefly British.
- The trad revival lasted about three years and sold a great deal.
- He plays trad and refuses to call it anything else.
- Trad climbing leaves the rock as it was found.
- A trad band needs a banjo and an argument.
- The word trad means something different in every hobby that uses it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRAD
The 4 tiles of TRAD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TRAD
Showing 24 of 88 words that begin with TRAD.
Words ending in TRAD
2 words end in TRAD. Useful as a back hook: play TRAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRAD inside
Showing 24 of 131 words that contain TRAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TRAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRAD
Common questions about TRAD
- Is TRAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRAD, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRAD worth?
- TRAD is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRAD mean?
- Traditional — chiefly of jazz played in the New Orleans manner.
- What letters can be added to TRAD?
- TRAD takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TRAD:
Open TRAD in the Word Finder