RAD

What RAD Means

1. noun: a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
2. noun: the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RAD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 A1 D2.

Anagrams of RAD (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In RAD

3 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.

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing RAD

RAD appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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