ASPIRATION is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ASPIRATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASPIRATION?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASPIRATION is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASPIRATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aspirationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASPIRATION scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ASPIRATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASPIRATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASPIRATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
A strong hope or ambition to achieve something; also the act of drawing breath or sucking in fluid.
In everyday talk an aspiration is a goal a person dreams of reaching, such as a career or a better life. In medicine it can mean inhaling something by accident, and in phonetics it means the puff of breath after certain consonants.
How ASPIRATION is used
The ambition sense is the usual one, often in the plural as aspirations.
- Her aspiration was to become a concert pianist.
- The patient was treated for aspiration of food into the lungs.
- English speakers add aspiration to the p in the word pin.
- Young people with high aspirations often move to the city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASPIRATION and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASPIRATION
3 longer words begin with ASPIRATION.
Shorter words from the letters in ASPIRATION
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Common questions about ASPIRATION
- Is ASPIRATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASPIRATION, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASPIRATION worth?
- ASPIRATION is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASPIRATION mean?
- A strong hope or ambition to achieve something; also the act of drawing breath or sucking in fluid.
- What letters can be added to ASPIRATION?
- ASPIRATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ASPIRATION:
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