PASTA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PASTA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PASTA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PASTA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PASTA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pastasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PASTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PASTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about PASTA
- The same 5 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 PASTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A food made from a dough of flour, water and often egg, shaped into forms such as strands, ribbons or tubes and typically boiled before eating.
Pasta is strongly associated with Italian cooking, where regional traditions produce hundreds of different shapes, each suited to particular sauces. The word can refer to the raw dough itself, to the dried or fresh product sold in shops, or to a finished dish built around it, such as a pasta with tomato sauce. Fresh pasta, made shortly before cooking, and dried pasta, made for long storage, are both common depending on the dish. Beyond Italy, pasta has become one of the most widely eaten staple foods in the world.
How PASTA is used
Very common; used both for the raw food and for finished dishes built around it.
- She boiled the pasta until it was just tender.
- They ordered pasta with a rich tomato sauce.
- Fresh pasta cooks much faster than the dried kind.
- He makes his own pasta from flour and eggs.
- The restaurant is known for its handmade pasta dishes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PASTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PASTA
The 5 tiles of PASTA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PASTA
4 longer words begin with PASTA.
Words with PASTA inside
2 words contain PASTA in the middle. Words that start with PASTA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PASTA
Common questions about PASTA
- Is PASTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PASTA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PASTA worth?
- PASTA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PASTA mean?
- A food made from a dough of flour, water and often egg, shaped into forms such as strands, ribbons or tubes and typically boiled before eating.
- What letters can be added to PASTA?
- PASTA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PASTA:
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