ACE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ACE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACE is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ACE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does ACE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A playing card with a single mark.
The ace was the lowest card for centuries and became the highest during the French revolution, when the idea of the low outranking the high suited the moment. It kept that position everywhere afterwards, which is a rare case of politics changing a game.
How ACE is used
Countable: an ace, two aces. Also a verb and an adjective.
- The ace of spades is the one printed with the maker's name.
- He served four aces in one game.
- An ace was the lowest card until the 1790s.
- She aced the exam and complained about it anyway.
- Two aces in the same hand is worth more than either alone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACE
Showing 24 of 122 words that begin with ACE.
Words ending in ACE
Showing 24 of 167 words that end in ACE. Useful as a back hook: play ACE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ACE inside
Showing 24 of 1154 words that contain ACE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ACE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ACE
Common questions about ACE
- Is ACE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACE worth?
- ACE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACE mean?
- A playing card with a single mark.
- What letters can be added to ACE?
- ACE takes 10 hooks: 7 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ACE:
Open ACE in the Word Finder