GAS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. GAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAS is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How GAS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about GAS
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A substance that expands freely to fill any container.
Gas was invented in the seventeenth century by a Flemish chemist who built it on the Greek for chaos, and it is one of extremely few English words with a single known inventor. The petrol sense is American and came much later.
How GAS is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb: gassed, gassing.
- The gas escaped through a joint nobody had checked.
- The word gas was invented by one man in the 1600s.
- American gas is British petrol and a different word.
- Two gases mixed in that proportion are explosive.
- Gas expands to fill whatever it is put in.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAS
The 3 tiles of GAS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GAS
Showing 24 of 230 words that begin with GAS.
Words ending in GAS
Showing 24 of 126 words that end in GAS. Useful as a back hook: play GAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAS inside
Showing 24 of 137 words that contain GAS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAS
Common questions about GAS
- Is GAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAS worth?
- GAS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAS mean?
- A substance that expands freely to fill any container.
- What letters can be added to GAS?
- GAS takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GAS:
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