The word ards is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • ards n. Plural of ard.
  • ARDS n. (Healthcare, medicine) Acronym of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  • (In German) ARDS Abk. Medizin, Pulmonologie: akutes Lungenversagen, akutes Atemnotsyndrom.

10 valid words from 3 definitions

ACRONYM ACUTE ARD DISTRESS HEALTHCARE MEDICINE OF PLURAL RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

5 invalid words from 3 definitions

AKUTES ATEMNOTSYNDROM LUNGENVERSAGEN MEDIZIN PULMONOLOGIE

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AR ARD

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

RADS SARD

13 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ADDS AIDS ANDS ARBS ARCS ARES ARFS ARIS ARKS ARMS ARTS ORDS URDS

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ADS ARD ARS

40 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

HARDSET BARDSHIP HARDSHIP WARDSHIP BARDSHIPS CARDSHARP GUARDSHIP GUARDSMAN GUARDSMEN HARDSCAPE HARDSHELL HARDSHIPS HARDSTAND WARDSHIPS YARDSTICK CARDSHARPS COWARDSHIP GUARDSHIPS HARDSCAPES HARDSTANDS YARDSTICKS BOARDSAILOR CARDSHARPER COWARDSHIPS LEOPARDSKIN STEWARDSHIP BOARDSAILING BOARDSAILORS CARDSHARPERS CARDSHARPING HARDSCRABBLE HARDSTANDING LEOPARDSKINS STEWARDSHIPS BOARDSAILINGS CARDSHARPINGS HARDSCRABBLES HARDSTANDINGS COASTGUARDSMAN COASTGUARDSMEN

477 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

BARDS CARDS EARDS FARDS HARDS LARDS NARDS PARDS SARDS WARDS YARDS AWARDS BEARDS BOARDS CHARDS GUARDS HEARDS HOARDS IZARDS LIARDS SHARDS SWARDS YEARDS ADWARDS BATARDS BAYARDS BOYARDS BRIARDS CAFARDS CANARDS COWARDS DOTARDS ECHARDS ENLARDS HAZARDS HOLARDS INNARDS INWARDS IZZARDS LIZARDS MAZARDS NASARDS ONWARDS PETARDS REGARDS RETARDS REWARDS RITARDS RIZARDS SWEARDS + 427 words

51 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B BARDS BRADS DARBS DRABS
+C CARDS
+E ARSED DARES DEARS EARDS RASED READS SARED
+F FARDS
+G DARGS DRAGS GRADS
+H HARDS SHARD
+I DARIS RAIDS RIADS
+K DARKS
+L LARDS
+M DRAMS
+N DARNS NARDS RANDS
+O DORSA ROADS SAROD SORDA
+P DRAPS PARDS PRADS SPARD SPRAD
+S SARDS
+T DARTS DRATS STRAD TRADS
+U DAURS DUARS DURAS RUDAS
+W DRAWS SWARD WARDS
+Y DRAYS DRYAS YARDS

8 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-D ARS RAS SAR
-R ADS DAS SAD
-S ARD RAD

Scrabble scoring

  • 5 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 46.7 chance (2.14%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 130 chance (0.77%).

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  • No words-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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