AHS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AHS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AHS?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AHS is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AHS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AHS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AHS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about AHS
- The same 3 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 AHS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Sounds of understanding or pleasure, written as ah, in the plural.
Turning an exclamation into a countable noun is a small joke English allows freely, and the plural is where it shows: a speech that produces oohs and ahs has been judged on the noise rather than on the argument. The singular is almost never written as a noun by itself.
How AHS is used
Plural. Chiefly in oohs and ahs.
- The display got the usual oohs and ahs.
- Counting the ahs is not the same as counting the votes.
- Two ahs and a round of applause was the whole reception.
- The plural ahs is written far more than the singular noun.
- A speech measured in ahs has not been listened to.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AHS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AHS
The 3 tiles of AHS in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in AHS
Showing 24 of 240 words that end in AHS. Useful as a back hook: play AHS onto a word already on the board.
Words with AHS inside
14 words contain AHS in the middle. Words that start with AHS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AHS
Common questions about AHS
- Is AHS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AHS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AHS worth?
- AHS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AHS mean?
- Sounds of understanding or pleasure, written as ah, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to AHS?
- AHS takes 8 hooks: 8 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AHS:
Open AHS in the Word Finder