What AVOID Means
- verb: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something“Her former friends now avoid her”
- verb: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off“Let's avoid a confrontation”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
AVOID is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 V4 O1 I1 D2.
Words Made From The Letters In AVOID
21 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.
4 letter words (4)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing AVOID
AVOID appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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