ASWAY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. ASWAY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ASWAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASWAY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASWAY
No single letter turns ASWAY into another word.
How ASWAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ASWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does ASWAY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
literary
Swinging or swaying gently from side to side.
Writers reach for asway when a plain swaying does not carry enough motion or rhythm for a line of description, most often for branches, lanterns, hips or ships. Because the word almost always follows a verb such as set or hang, it reads as a deliberately poetic choice rather than plain description.
How ASWAY is used
Chiefly literary; rarely heard in ordinary conversation.
- The lantern hung asway above the porch all night.
- Branches set asway by the storm creaked overhead.
- Her skirt was asway with every step down the aisle.
- The ship lay asway at anchor through the squall.
- Reeds along the bank stood asway in the current.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASWAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASWAY
The 5 tiles of ASWAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in ASWAY
1 words end in ASWAY. Useful as a back hook: play ASWAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with ASWAY inside
1 words contain ASWAY in the middle. Words that start with ASWAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASWAY
Common questions about ASWAY
- Is ASWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ASWAY is not in it.
- How many points is ASWAY worth?
- ASWAY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASWAY mean?
- Swinging or swaying gently from side to side.
- What letters can be added to ASWAY?
- No single letter can be added to ASWAY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ASWAY:
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