ASS is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ASS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASS is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ASS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does ASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hoofed animal related to the horse; a donkey.
Ass is the older English name, and donkey replaced it during the nineteenth century, partly because of the vulgar sense that had grown up beside it. That second word is a separate one from a different root, which American spelling later merged into this one.
How ASS is used
Countable: an ass, two asses.
- A wild ass can survive on grazing a horse would refuse.
- The word ass is older in English than donkey.
- Donkey replaced ass in ordinary use in the 1800s.
- Two asses carried the whole load between them.
- The blunt word spelled ass in America has a separate origin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASS
Showing 24 of 353 words that begin with ASS.
Words ending in ASS
Showing 24 of 157 words that end in ASS. Useful as a back hook: play ASS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ASS inside
Showing 24 of 1480 words that contain ASS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ASS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASS
Common questions about ASS
- Is ASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASS, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASS worth?
- ASS is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASS mean?
- A hoofed animal related to the horse; a donkey.
- What letters can be added to ASS?
- ASS takes 9 hooks: 9 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ASS:
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