Is MEDICAIDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, MEDICAIDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does MEDICAIDS mean?
Medicaids is a form of MEDICAID.
- noun
health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
M (3) + E (1) + D (2) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + I (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for MEDICAIDS
MEDICAIDS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from MEDICAIDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- medicaid14
- diamides12
- caddies11
- diacids11
- diadems11
- diamide11
- middies11
- amidic11
- medics11
- amices10
- caddie10
- caddis10
- camise10
- desmid10
- diacid10
- diadem10
- disced10
- mediad10
- misadd10
- misdid10
- demic10
- maced10
- medic10
- daisied9
- amides9
- imides9
- medias9
- acmes9
- amice9
- amici9
- cames9
- camis9
- diced9
- emics9
- maces9
- mesic9
- micas9
- didies8
- acids8
- aimed8
- amide8
- amids8
- asdic8
- cades8
- cadis8
- caids8
- cased8
- cedis8
- daces8
- dames8
- deism8
- dices8
- dimes8
- disci8
- disme8
- imide8
- imids8
- maids8
- meads8
- media8
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