What GOAD Means
- verb: give heart or courage to
- verb: urge with or as if with a goad
- noun: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- noun: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something“the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GOAD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 O1 A1 D2.
Anagrams of GOAD (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GOAD
14 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 (6)
Longer Words Containing GOAD
GOAD 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.