VID is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. VID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VID?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VID is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VID scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does VID mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A video, in casual speech.
Vid is one of the clippings that never quite reached ordinary speech: people say the full word and write this one, mostly in captions and in file names. It saves one syllable and is no easier to say, which is probably the whole reason.
How VID is used
Countable: a vid, two vids. Informal.
- Send the vid over and I will look at it tonight.
- The vid is four minutes and could be one.
- Two vids and a photograph is the whole evidence.
- The word vid is written far more than it is said.
- A vid that size will not send by mail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VID
The 3 tiles of VID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VID
Showing 24 of 67 words that begin with VID.
Words ending in VID
14 words end in VID. Useful as a back hook: play VID onto a word already on the board.
Words with VID inside
Showing 24 of 189 words that contain VID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VID
Common questions about VID
- Is VID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VID, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VID worth?
- VID is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VID mean?
- A video, in casual speech.
- What letters can be added to VID?
- VID takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VID:
Open VID in the Word Finder