What AIDS Means
AIDS is a form of AID, which means:
- noun: a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do“visual aids in teaching”
- noun: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose“he gave me an assist with the housework”
- verb: give help or assistance; be of service“Everyone helped out during the earthquake”
- verb: improve the condition of“These pills will help the patient”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
AIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 I1 D2 S1.
Anagrams of AIDS (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In AIDS
16 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing AIDS
AIDS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.