ASP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ASP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASP?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ASP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about ASP
- 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 ASP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small venomous snake of North Africa.
The asp is famous for one death that probably did not happen the way it is told: the accounts of Cleopatra are late and disagree with each other, and which snake was meant is not certain either. The word came into English from Greek by way of Latin.
How ASP is used
Countable: an asp, two asps.
- An asp in a basket of figs is the version everybody knows.
- The asp of the story may not have been that snake at all.
- A bite from an asp is dangerous and rarely quick.
- The word asp reached English through Latin.
- Two asps were kept for the display and neither survived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASP
The 3 tiles of ASP in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ASP
Showing 24 of 166 words that begin with ASP.
Words ending in ASP
18 words end in ASP. Useful as a back hook: play ASP onto a word already on the board.
Words with ASP inside
Showing 24 of 199 words that contain ASP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ASP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASP
Common questions about ASP
- Is ASP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASP, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASP worth?
- ASP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASP mean?
- A small venomous snake of North Africa.
- What letters can be added to ASP?
- ASP takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ASP:
Open ASP in the Word Finder