AVAST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AVAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVAST?
| 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 AVAST is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVAST
No single letter turns AVAST into another word.
How AVAST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AVAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does AVAST mean in Scrabble?
interjection
nautical
A nautical command meaning stop or cease, traditionally shouted aboard ships to halt an action at once.
Avast was used by sailors and boatswains to order an immediate stop to whatever task was underway, from hauling a rope to rowing a boat. It survives today mostly in fiction and popular culture, especially in stock pirate speech such as avast, ye scurvy dogs. Real naval and merchant crews used the word as ordinary working vocabulary long before pirates became associated with it in storytelling.
How AVAST is used
Chiefly nautical; in modern use it appears mostly in pirate-themed fiction and jokes.
- The captain shouted avast to stop the crew hauling the line.
- Avast! cried the boatswain, and the rowing stopped at once.
- The actor played a pirate who yelled avast at every turn.
- Sailors learned avast as one of the first working commands.
- The children giggled and shouted avast during the pirate game.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVAST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AVAST
The 5 tiles of AVAST in a different order — 1 found.
Words with AVAST inside
2 words contain AVAST in the middle. Words that start with AVAST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AVAST
Common questions about AVAST
- Is AVAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVAST, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVAST worth?
- AVAST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVAST mean?
- A nautical command meaning stop or cease, traditionally shouted aboard ships to halt an action at once.
- What letters can be added to AVAST?
- No single letter can be added to AVAST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AVAST:
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