WEIRD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WEIRD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WEIRD?
| 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 WEIRD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEIRD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WEIRD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WEIRD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about WEIRD
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 WEIRD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Strange, uncanny, or bizarre in a way that suggests something unnatural or hard to explain.
Weird describes anything that departs sharply from what feels normal or expected, from an oddly shaped vegetable to an unsettling coincidence that seems to defy easy explanation. The word originally referred to fate or destiny, a sense preserved in the old phrase the weird sisters for figures who foretold a person's doom, and only later shifted toward its modern meaning of eerie or supernatural strangeness. Casual modern usage has softened the word considerably, so that calling something weird today often means little more than unusual or slightly awkward, without any hint of the uncanny. Despite this broadening, weird still carries at least a trace of its older, stranger meaning whenever the context leans supernatural or unsettling.
How WEIRD is used
Weird is extremely common in everyday speech, ranging from mildly odd to genuinely eerie depending on context.
- He had a weird feeling that someone was watching him.
- The old house made strange, weird noises at night.
- It was weird how quickly the weather changed.
- She gave him a weird look when he mentioned the plan.
- The dream felt weird but oddly familiar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEIRD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WEIRD
The 5 tiles of WEIRD in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with WEIRD
14 longer words begin with WEIRD.
Shorter words from the letters in WEIRD
Common questions about WEIRD
- Is WEIRD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WEIRD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WEIRD worth?
- WEIRD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEIRD mean?
- Strange, uncanny, or bizarre in a way that suggests something unnatural or hard to explain.
- What letters can be added to WEIRD?
- WEIRD takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WEIRD:
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