Yes. AIDE is a valid word.
AIDE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AIDE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AIDE
AIDE is a helper or assistant, as in a teacher's aide or a senator's aide; its plural is AIDES. It is easy to remember as AID with an E on the end, which is also a back hook: if AID is on the board, an E makes AIDE. Three vowels and a D make it a reliable way to balance a rack with too many vowels.
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AIDE scores 5 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + I 1 + D 2 + E 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AIDE as the first play
Later in the game, put the D on a 3L square and AIDE is worth 9 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from AIDE
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AIDE and these are still words:
- BIDEdwell
- EIDEform of EIDOS: an essence
- HIDEprevent from being seen or discovered
- NIDE
- RIDEsit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- SIDEa place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- TIDEthe periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- VIDE
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
AIDE is an assistant, like a teacher's aide. AID plus E.
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.