WADDIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WADDIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WADDIE?
| 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 WADDIE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WADDIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WADDIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WADDIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What does WADDIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
A cowboy, especially a hired ranch hand who works with cattle or horses.
In the American West a waddie was a working cowhand, and the word sounds rough and affectionate in the same breath. Its origin is uncertain, though it is often linked with a waddy, meaning a stick or club, or with the wad of belongings a rider carried. Writers of western stories used it to give dialogue a bit of range-country flavour, and it can still turn up in film and fiction about the old cattle trails.
How WADDIE is used
Informal and now old-fashioned; belongs to western fiction and range talk. A separate spelling of waddy as a club exists in the set.
- The old waddie tipped his hat and rode on toward the corral.
- Every waddie on the ranch was up before dawn.
- A young waddie brought the remaining cattle down from the ridge.
- The story follows a lonely waddie who drifts from one outfit to the next.
- He talked like a waddie, slow and dry, and never wasted a word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WADDIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WADDIE
2 longer words begin with WADDIE.
Shorter words from the letters in WADDIE
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Common questions about WADDIE
- Is WADDIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WADDIE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WADDIE worth?
- WADDIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WADDIE mean?
- A cowboy, especially a hired ranch hand who works with cattle or horses.
- What letters can be added to WADDIE?
- WADDIE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WADDIE:
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