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/lɪd/
nounverb

Is LID a Scrabble word?

Yes. LID is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning The top or cover of a container.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. The top or cover of a container.

  2. An operculum or other lid-like cover.

  3. A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.

  4. A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To put a lid on (something).

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lid, lyd, from Old English hlid, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to cover”).

Similar and opposite words

Opposite
unlid

LID at a glance

LID has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (L 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #9,345 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -LID

More endings

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

  • SOLID6
  • VALID9
  • INVALID11
  • SLID5
  • EYELID10
  • SQUALID17
  • PALLID9
  • CICHLID15
  • STOLID7
  • ANNELID8
  • PSYLLID13
  • SEMISOLID12

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