ASHES is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ASHES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASHES?
| 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 ASHES is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 13 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASHES
Front hooks — 13
bashesBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ASHES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ASHES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does ASHES mean in Scrabble?
noun
The grey powdery remains left after something, especially wood or a body, has been completely burned.
Ashes are what remains once fire has consumed fuel down to its mineral residue, and the word covers everything from cold fireplace ashes to the cremated remains of a person. Scattering or keeping ashes after cremation is a common way families choose to remember someone who has died. The plural form is used even when referring to a single quantity of this material.
How ASHES is used
Used for both ordinary burned residue and, more specifically, cremated human remains.
- She swept the cold ashes from the fireplace.
- The family scattered his ashes along the coast.
- Only ashes remained where the barn once stood.
- He kept her ashes in a small wooden urn.
- Rain turned the campfire ashes to grey mud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASHES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASHES
The 5 tiles of ASHES in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in ASHES
Showing 24 of 125 words that end in ASHES. Useful as a back hook: play ASHES onto a word already on the board.
Words with ASHES inside
4 words contain ASHES in the middle. Words that start with ASHES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASHES
Common questions about ASHES
- Is ASHES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASHES, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASHES worth?
- ASHES is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASHES mean?
- The grey powdery remains left after something, especially wood or a body, has been completely burned.
- What letters can be added to ASHES?
- ASHES takes 13 hooks: 13 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ASHES:
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