ASK is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ASK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASK?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASK is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ASK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about ASK
- 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 ASK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put a question, or to request something.
Ask has been a verb for a thousand years and a noun for about fifteen: a big ask is business language of the 2000s and it irritates people in a way that new verbs rarely manage. The pronunciation with the last two letters reversed was standard in several regions for centuries before it became a marker of anything.
How ASK is used
Transitive and intransitive. Also a noun — a big ask.
- Ask him before you move anything.
- That is a big ask for one afternoon.
- She asks the same question every year.
- Nobody asked and nobody was told.
- The noun ask is twenty years old and sounds newer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASK
The 3 tiles of ASK in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ASK
24 longer words begin with ASK.
Words ending in ASK
23 words end in ASK. Useful as a back hook: play ASK onto a word already on the board.
Words with ASK inside
Showing 24 of 175 words that contain ASK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ASK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASK
Common questions about ASK
- Is ASK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASK, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASK worth?
- ASK is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASK mean?
- To put a question, or to request something.
- What letters can be added to ASK?
- ASK takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ASK:
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