Is WHYDAH valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHYDAH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is WHYDAH worth?

WHYDAH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to WHYDAH?

WHYDAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

WHYDAH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points

Yes. WHYDAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.

w4h4y4d2a1h4

PlayableWHYDAH · 6 letters · 19 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF

19points in Scrabble

16points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 8,278 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept WHYDAH?

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: 40 / 100

40WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

3.17

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

3.5%

Our own measure of how useful WHYDAH is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for WHYDAH

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

whydahs20

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How WHYDAH scores

Scrabble w4h4y4d2a1h4 19

Words with Friends w4h3y3d2a1h3 16

Face value of the 6 tiles in WHYDAH, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
w	1	2
h	2	2
y	1	2
d	1	4
a	1	9

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.

What stands out about WHYDAH

WHYDAH gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with WHYDAH

whydahs20

1 longer words begin with WHYDAH.

Shorter words from the letters in WHYDAH

whyda15 wady11 why12 hah9 haw9 hay9 wah9 way9 wha9 yah9 yaw9 dah7 daw7 day7 had7 wad7 yad7 ah5 aw5 ay5 ha5 ya5 ad3 da3

Common questions about WHYDAH

Is WHYDAH valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHYDAH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is WHYDAH worth?: WHYDAH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to WHYDAH?: WHYDAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHYDAH:

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