ESS is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESS?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESS is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ESS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does ESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The letter S, or something shaped like it.
Ess is the written-out name of the letter and also the ordinary term for a double bend in a road or a river. Engineers and mapmakers use it as a plain noun, which the names of other letters never quite manage.
How ESS is used
Countable: an ess, two esses.
- The road makes an ess between the two farms.
- An ess is the letter written out as a word.
- Two esses in a row on a wet descent.
- The word ess works as an ordinary noun.
- A river bend shaped like an ess moves every decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESS
The 3 tiles of ESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ESS
Showing 24 of 47 words that begin with ESS.
Words ending in ESS
Showing 24 of 5502 words that end in ESS. Useful as a back hook: play ESS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ESS inside
Showing 24 of 5720 words that contain ESS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ESS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ESS
Common questions about ESS
- Is ESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESS, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESS worth?
- ESS is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESS mean?
- The letter S, or something shaped like it.
- What letters can be added to ESS?
- ESS takes 8 hooks: 7 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ESS:
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