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/hæd/
verb

Is HAD a Scrabble word?

Yes. HAD is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.

    “I felt sure that I had seen him before.”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: had via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English hadde (preterite), yhad (past participle), from Old English hæfde (first and third person singular preterite), ġehæfd (past participle), from Proto-Germanic *habdaz, past and past participle stem of *habjaną (“to have”), equivalent to have + -ed.

HAD at a glance

HAD has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (H 4 + A 1 + D 2) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #54 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HAD

More endings

Same last three letters as HAD. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • CHAD10
  • JIHAD16
  • SHAD8
  • PARISHAD14
  • IJTIHAD18
  • JEHAD16
  • LYMPHAD18

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