Yes. ID is a valid word.
ID is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ID 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 ID
Sigmund Freud described the mind as the id, the ego and the superego, and the id is the part driven by instinct. ID is also a dependable place to set a D next to an I.
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ID scores 3 points
Before any bonus squares: I 1 + D 2 = 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: ID as the first play
Later in the game, put the D on a 3L square and ID is worth 7 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of ID (11):
After ID (1):
- IDSform of ID: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from ID
Other forms of ID (1):
- IDSform of ID: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
Words that start with ID:
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Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of ID:
- DIplural of deus, a god
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
ID + A
- AIDgive help or assistance
ID + D
- DIDform of DO: engage in
ID + E
- DIEpass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
ID + H
- HIDform of HIDE: prevent from being seen or discovered
ID + K
- KIDa young person of either sex
ID + L
- LIDeither of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
Memory tip
ID is the part of the mind that wants things right now, from psychology. Reverse it for DI, but only in Collins.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with I
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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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