Is AIDS a word?

AIDS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 5 other words, plus 8 shorter words built from the same letters.

Yes, AIDS is a valid word.

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What does aids mean?

noun: a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.

Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.

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What does AIDS mean?

AIDS is a noun. It means: a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.

Is AIDS a valid word?

Yes, AIDS is a valid word. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends.

Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.