Yes. IDEA is a valid word.
IDEA is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
IDEA 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 IDEA
IDEA is a thought or plan in the mind; its plural is IDEAS. It is one of the most useful vowel-heavy words because it is so common: everyone knows it, and it clears an I, an E and an A with a single D. If you hold all three vowels and a D, IDEA is almost always a fine play.
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IDEA scores 5 points
Before any bonus squares: I 1 + D 2 + E 1 + A 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: IDEA as the first play
Later in the game, put the D on a 3L square and IDEA is worth 9 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from IDEA
Other forms of IDEA (1):
- IDEASform of IDEA: the content of cognition
Words that start with IDEA:
- IDEALSform of IDEAL: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence
- IDEATEform a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- IDEALLYin an ideal manner
- IDEATEDform of IDEATE: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- IDEATESform of IDEATE: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- IDEALESS
- IDEALISEconsider or render as ideal
- IDEALISM(philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
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Memory tip
IDEA is an everyday word that clears three vowels: I, E and A.
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
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