ESCAPE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ESCAPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESCAPE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESCAPE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESCAPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESCAPE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ESCAPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What stands out about ESCAPE
- ESCAPE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ESCAPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To get free from confinement or danger, or to avoid something unpleasant.
Prisoners escape from jail and animals escape from cages, but the word also covers smaller slips, such as a name that escapes your memory or a sigh that escapes your lips. Gas can escape from a pipe, and a lucky person can escape injury by a narrow margin. As a noun, it names the act of getting away, and in computing it names a key on the keyboard.
How ESCAPE is used
Very common; the object may be a place, a person, a danger or a feeling.
- Two prisoners managed to escape through a drain.
- We barely escape the storm before it hit the coast.
- The name seems to escape me at the moment.
- Steam began to escape from the valve.
- She hoped to escape notice by sitting at the back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESCAPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESCAPE
The 6 tiles of ESCAPE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ESCAPE
9 longer words begin with ESCAPE.
Shorter words from the letters in ESCAPE
Showing 40 of 58. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ESCAPE
- Is ESCAPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESCAPE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESCAPE worth?
- ESCAPE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESCAPE mean?
- To get free from confinement or danger, or to avoid something unpleasant.
- What letters can be added to ESCAPE?
- ESCAPE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ESCAPE:
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