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Is bid a Scrabble word?

Yes, bid is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bid?

Definition

adv (English)

1. (pharmacology) twice a day, two times per dayExamples: "It has been repeatedly documented that moving patients from a TID dosing regimen to BID or OD vastly improves compliance, and thus the medicine's effectiveness."not-comparable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.Examples: "He bade me come in."; "Shylock: [...] Why Jessica, I say! Launcelot: Why, Jessica! Shylock: Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call. Launcelot: Your worship was wont to tell me that I could do nothing without bidding."transitive

2. (transitive) To invite; to summon.Examples: "She was bidden to the wedding."; "Jessica: Call you? What is your will? Shylock: I am bid forth to supper, Jessica: / [...] But wherefore should I go? / I am not bid for love; they flatter me;"; "In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster, / Bid me join the parade"transitive

3. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.Examples: "Portia: If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach; […]"; "The last train—a three-coach A.E.C. unit—from Belfast to Crumlin and back, was bade farewell with fog signals as it carried a capacity crowd of last-trip travellers."transitive

4. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.Examples: "All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes."obsolete

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.Examples: "Have you ever bid in an auction?"intransitive

2. (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.Examples: "She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet."transitive

3. (intransitive) To make an attempt.Examples: "He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again."intransitive

4. (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.ambitransitive

5. (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.Examples: "I can’t believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!"intransitivetransitive

noun (English)

1. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.Examples: "Nice bid!"

2. (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.Examples: "I can’t stand this new bid I’m on, even if the mileage is better."

3. (prison slang) A prison sentence.Examples: "So we ‘lawyered up’. That’s how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid."Synonyms: bitslang

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bid"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bid"?

Scrabble
6 points
B3
I1
D2
Words With Friends
7 points
B4
I1
D2

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