PAUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PAUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAUSE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAUSE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAUSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does PAUSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To stop or interrupt an action, movement or speech briefly before continuing.
Pausing differs from stopping completely, since it implies the action will resume after a short break. Speakers pause between phrases for emphasis or to gather their thoughts, while machines and recordings can be paused and later restarted from the same point. The related noun, a pause, names the interval of silence or inactivity itself, as in a dramatic pause before an announcement. The word entered English from French and ultimately from a Greek root meaning to stop or cease.
How PAUSE is used
Very common as both a verb and a noun, in speech, music, technology and everyday description of breaks in activity.
- She paused before answering the difficult question.
- He pressed pause on the remote and left the room.
- The music paused for a moment of silence.
- They paused their conversation when the phone rang.
- There was a long pause before anyone spoke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAUSE
8 longer words begin with PAUSE.
Words ending in PAUSE
13 words end in PAUSE. Useful as a back hook: play PAUSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAUSE inside
13 words contain PAUSE in the middle. Words that start with PAUSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAUSE
Common questions about PAUSE
- Is PAUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAUSE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAUSE worth?
- PAUSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAUSE mean?
- To stop or interrupt an action, movement or speech briefly before continuing.
- What letters can be added to PAUSE?
- PAUSE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAUSE:
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