Yes. DA is a valid word.
DA is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
DA 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 DA
DA is a toddler's word for a father, and it came into the North American list fairly recently. Turn it around and you have AD, so one pair of tiles makes two words.
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DA scores 3 points
Before any bonus squares: D 2 + A 1 = 3. On a double-word square that's 6, on a triple-word 9, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: DA as the first play
Later in the game, put the D on a 3L square and DA is worth 7 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of DA (1):
After DA (12):
- DABapply (usually a liquid) to a surface
- DADan informal term for a father
- DAG10 grams
- DAHthe longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- DAKEast Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
- DALa metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
- DAMa barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- DAN
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from DA
Other forms of DA (1):
Words that start with DA:
- DABSform of DAB: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
- DACEsmall European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
- DADAan informal term for a father
- DADOpanel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
- DADSform of DAD: an informal term for a father
- DAFF
- DAFTinformal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- DAGSform of DAG: 10 grams
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- DAHLtropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods
- DAHSform of DAH: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- DAISa platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- DAKSform of DAK: East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of DA and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of DA:
- ADan advertisement
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
DA + C
- CADsomeone who is morally reprehensible
DA + F
- FADan interest followed with exaggerated zeal
DA + H
DA + I
- AIDgive help or assistance
DA + K
- DAKEast Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
Memory tip
DA is a word for dad, like a toddler would say. Its reverse, AD, is valid too, so these two tiles can go either way.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with D
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
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.
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