GAST is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAST?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAST is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about GAST
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 GAST mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicobsolete
To frighten or terrify someone; an old form that survives today in the word aghast.
Gast was an ordinary verb for frightening in Shakespeare and earlier English, built from the same root that gives the modern word aghast, meaning struck with terror. The plain verb dropped out of use, but the frightened feeling it named is still expressed through its descendant word.
How GAST is used
Obsolete outside quotation from older literature; modern writers use frighten or terrify instead.
- The sudden noise did gast the sleeping household.
- Old ghost stories describe spirits that gast travellers on lonely roads.
- The play uses gast where a modern script would say frighten.
- He claimed the strange lights would gast even the bravest traveller.
- Scholars note that gast is the root behind our word aghast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAST
The 4 tiles of GAST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with GAST
Showing 24 of 114 words that begin with GAST.
Words ending in GAST
2 words end in GAST. Useful as a back hook: play GAST onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAST inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain GAST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GAST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAST
Common questions about GAST
- Is GAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAST, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAST worth?
- GAST is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAST mean?
- To frighten or terrify someone; an old form that survives today in the word aghast.
- What letters can be added to GAST?
- GAST takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GAST:
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