ZAIDY is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 18 points
Yes for Scrabble. ZAIDY is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept ZAIDY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZAIDY is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZAIDY
No single letter turns ZAIDY into another word.
How ZAIDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZAIDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does ZAIDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A grandfather, used as a warm or familiar term of address.
A child calls their zaidy by this name instead of the more formal grandfather, keeping the same affectionate tone that grandma and grandpa carry in general English. The word comes from Yiddish and is also spelled zaida, zaideh or zeda, and is closely related to zayde.
How ZAIDY is used
Informal; used within families and communities with Yiddish-speaking heritage, mainly in North American English.
- Every Friday evening, the children ran to greet their zaidy at the door.
- Her zaidy taught her to play chess when she was six years old.
- The photograph shows a young zaidy holding his first grandchild.
- He still keeps his zaidy's old pocket watch on the shelf.
- The whole family gathered at their zaidy's house for the holiday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZAIDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZAIDY
Common questions about ZAIDY
- Is ZAIDY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZAIDY is not in it.
- How many points is ZAIDY worth?
- ZAIDY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZAIDY mean?
- A grandfather, used as a warm or familiar term of address.
- What letters can be added to ZAIDY?
- No single letter can be added to ZAIDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZAIDY:
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