AWAYS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. AWAYS 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept AWAYS?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWAYS 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 AWAYS
No single letter turns AWAYS into another word.
How AWAYS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AWAYS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does AWAYS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Matches played at the opponent's ground.
Aways is supporters' shorthand, and the plural is the natural form because what gets counted is a run of them: three aways on the trot is a complaint rather than a description. It has spread out of speech into fixture talk and podcasts, and it is still rare in newspaper writing.
How AWAYS is used
Plural in practice: a run of aways. The singular is heard but is much less usual.
- Three aways in a row is a hard start to any season.
- The fixture list gave them five aways before Christmas.
- He goes to the aways and skips half the home games.
- Two aways at that distance costs a week's wages.
- The aways are what separate the regulars from the rest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWAYS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AWAYS
The 5 tiles of AWAYS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in AWAYS
Showing 24 of 36 words that end in AWAYS. Useful as a back hook: play AWAYS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in AWAYS
Common questions about AWAYS
- Is AWAYS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWAYS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWAYS worth?
- AWAYS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWAYS mean?
- Matches played at the opponent's ground.
- What letters can be added to AWAYS?
- No single letter can be added to AWAYS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AWAYS:
Open AWAYS in the Word Finder