AWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AWAY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWAY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
awaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AWAY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does AWAY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
At a distance from a place or person.
Away is contracted from a phrase meaning on the way, which is why it behaves as an adverb and not as a preposition. The sporting sense, meaning at the opponent's ground, is nineteenth-century.
How AWAY is used
After the verb. Also an adjective in sport.
- They went away for a fortnight and came back early.
- The word away is contracted from a longer phrase.
- An away game is played at the other ground.
- Away behaves as an adverb and never as a preposition.
- Two miles away and uphill the whole distance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AWAY
6 longer words begin with AWAY.
Words ending in AWAY
Showing 24 of 44 words that end in AWAY. Useful as a back hook: play AWAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with AWAY inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain AWAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AWAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AWAY
Common questions about AWAY
- Is AWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWAY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWAY worth?
- AWAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWAY mean?
- At a distance from a place or person.
- What letters can be added to AWAY?
- AWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AWAY:
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