ASH is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ASH 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 ASH?
| 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 ASH is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASH
Back hooks — 1
ashyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ASH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ASH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about ASH
- 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 ASH mean in Scrabble?
noun
The powder left after something has burnt.
Ash and the tree of the same spelling are two different words that fell together. The powder is what will not burn — the minerals a fire cannot touch — and how much is left says more about what a fuel was made of than the flame ever does.
How ASH is used
Uncountable for the residue; countable for the tree.
- The ash was still warm the following morning.
- An ash makes a poor hedge and a good handle.
- Wood ash goes on the garden and coal ash does not.
- The amount of ash tells you what the fuel was.
- Two ash trees stood at the gate until the disease came.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASH
The 3 tiles of ASH in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ASH
Showing 24 of 60 words that begin with ASH.
Words ending in ASH
Showing 24 of 134 words that end in ASH. Useful as a back hook: play ASH onto a word already on the board.
Words with ASH inside
Showing 24 of 843 words that contain ASH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ASH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASH
Common questions about ASH
- Is ASH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASH, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASH worth?
- ASH is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASH mean?
- The powder left after something has burnt.
- What letters can be added to ASH?
- ASH takes 14 hooks: 13 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ASH:
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