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BAD
Scrabble Validity
Valid UK Scrabble Word
Confirmed in SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble).
Dictionary memberships:
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US) — US Scrabble validity
- ENABLE (Words with Friends) — Words With Friends validity
- SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble) — UK Scrabble validity
Tile Values
B
3
A
1
D
2
Σ
6
Definitions
Adverb
- very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
- with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
Adjective
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
- not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
- reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
- having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
- characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
- capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
- physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
- very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
- not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
- nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
- below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
- not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
Noun
- that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word BAD
Yes, BAD is valid for UK Scrabble according to SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble). If you play it, you can score 6 points in Scrabble.
BAD is a 3-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 2 consonants.