OAST is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. OAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OAST?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OAST is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OAST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OAST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about OAST
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 OAST mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishregional
A kiln used for drying hops.
An oast, often housed in a tall building called an oast house, blows hot air up through a bed of hops spread on a slatted floor to dry them before brewing. Oast houses with their distinctive conical roofs are a familiar sight in the hop-growing counties of southern England.
How OAST is used
Chiefly British; associated with traditional hop farming, especially in Kent.
- The old oast had been converted into a cottage.
- Fresh hops were spread out to dry in the oast.
- Smoke curled from the oast's round chimney.
- The farm still used a working oast each autumn.
- Tourists photographed the row of oast roofs along the lane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OAST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OAST
The 4 tiles of OAST in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with OAST
3 longer words begin with OAST.
Words ending in OAST
14 words end in OAST. Useful as a back hook: play OAST onto a word already on the board.
Words with OAST inside
Showing 24 of 93 words that contain OAST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OAST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OAST
Common questions about OAST
- Is OAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OAST, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OAST worth?
- OAST is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OAST mean?
- A kiln used for drying hops.
- What letters can be added to OAST?
- OAST takes 7 hooks: 6 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OAST:
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