ASKOS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ASKOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASKOS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASKOS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASKOS
No single letter turns ASKOS into another word.
How ASKOS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ASKOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does ASKOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A small, spouted ancient Greek or Etruscan vessel with an arched handle, shaped somewhat like a flattened skin bag and used to pour oil or wine.
Potters in the ancient Mediterranean built an askos low and rounded, closer to the ground than a typical jug, with a narrow spout set off to one side rather than centered at the top. The unusual shape let a user tip the vessel and pour a thin, controlled stream, which made the askos well suited to oiling the body before athletic exercise or to funerary rites where liquid offerings were poured out slowly. Archaeologists have recovered painted examples decorated with figures and animals, showing that even a modest household vessel like the askos could carry fine decorative work. Museum catalogues and excavation reports still use the Greek term askos rather than translating it, since no single English word captures the vessel's distinctive squat, spouted form.
How ASKOS is used
A specialist term from archaeology and museum writing, used to name this particular type of ancient Greek or Etruscan pouring vessel.
- The museum displayed a painted askos found in an Etruscan tomb.
- Archaeologists identified the fragment as part of an askos used for oil.
- An askos from the fifth century BC sat beside the other grave goods.
- The catalogue described the askos's curved handle and narrow spout in detail.
- Excavators pieced together a broken askos from dozens of shards.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASKOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASKOS
The 5 tiles of ASKOS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in ASKOS
1 words end in ASKOS. Useful as a back hook: play ASKOS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ASKOS
Common questions about ASKOS
- Is ASKOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASKOS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASKOS worth?
- ASKOS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASKOS mean?
- A small, spouted ancient Greek or Etruscan vessel with an arched handle, shaped somewhat like a flattened skin bag and used to pour oil or wine.
- What letters can be added to ASKOS?
- No single letter can be added to ASKOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ASKOS:
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