GASH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GASH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GASH?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GASH is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GASH
No single letter turns GASH into another word.
How GASH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GASH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about GASH
- The same 4 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 GASH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long deep cut in a surface.
Gash came from an Old French word about slashing and lost a letter on the way into English. A separate naval use, meaning waste or rubbish, is unrelated and twentieth-century.
How GASH is used
Countable. Also a verb: gashed, gashes.
- A gash along the whole length of the panel.
- The word gash lost a letter coming into English.
- He gashed his hand on the edge of the tin.
- Naval slang uses gash for rubbish.
- Two gashes crossing at right angles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GASH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GASH
The 4 tiles of GASH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GASH
15 longer words begin with GASH.
Words ending in GASH
1 words end in GASH. Useful as a back hook: play GASH onto a word already on the board.
Words with GASH inside
7 words contain GASH in the middle. Words that start with GASH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GASH
Common questions about GASH
- Is GASH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GASH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GASH worth?
- GASH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GASH mean?
- A long deep cut in a surface.
- What letters can be added to GASH?
- No single letter can be added to GASH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GASH:
Open GASH in the Word Finder