WAD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAD?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAD is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does WAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lump of soft material pressed together.
Wad covers paper, cloth, cotton and money, and the money sense is American: a wad of notes is a thickness rather than a sum. In shooting it is what separates the powder from the shot, and that use is the oldest of all of them.
How WAD is used
Countable: a wad, two wads.
- He pulled out a wad and counted none of it.
- A wad of cotton stopped the bleeding.
- The wad in a cartridge keeps the two parts apart.
- She stuffed a wad of paper into the gap.
- A wad is a thickness rather than an amount.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WAD
The 3 tiles of WAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WAD
Showing 24 of 58 words that begin with WAD.
Words ending in WAD
3 words end in WAD. Useful as a back hook: play WAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAD inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain WAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAD
Common questions about WAD
- Is WAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAD worth?
- WAD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAD mean?
- A lump of soft material pressed together.
- What letters can be added to WAD?
- WAD takes 8 hooks: 1 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WAD:
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