AESC is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. AESC is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AESC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AESC is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AESC
No single letter turns AESC into another word.
How AESC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AESC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about AESC
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AESC mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The name of an Old English rune used to represent the vowel sound now written as ae.
Aesc was one of the letters of the runic alphabet used to write Old English before the Latin alphabet took over. It stood for the vowel sound heard in the modern spelling ae, and its name literally meant ash tree, the wood from which early runic staves were cut.
How AESC is used
Historical and specialist; met in studies of Old English and runic writing.
- The manuscript used aesc where modern English would write ae.
- Students learning runes memorize the shape of aesc early on.
- The carving included an aesc among its runic letters.
- Linguists trace the sound value of aesc back to Old English.
- A museum display explained the origin of the rune aesc.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AESC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AESC
The 4 tiles of AESC in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with AESC
3 longer words begin with AESC.
Shorter words from the letters in AESC
Common questions about AESC
- Is AESC valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AESC is not in it.
- How many points is AESC worth?
- AESC is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AESC mean?
- The name of an Old English rune used to represent the vowel sound now written as ae.
- What letters can be added to AESC?
- No single letter can be added to AESC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AESC:
Open AESC in the Word Finder