RAS is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. RAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAS?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAS is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about RAS
- The same 3 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 RAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An Ethiopian prince or provincial governor.
Ras is a title roughly equivalent to a duke, and it is where the name Rastafari came from: that was the emperor's title before his coronation. The word means head in the Semitic languages.
How RAS is used
Countable: a ras, two rases. Historical.
- A ras governed a province and kept his own army.
- The word ras means head.
- The name Rastafari contains the title ras.
- Two rases disputing one province is a civil war.
- A ras ranked below the emperor and above everybody else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAS
The 3 tiles of RAS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RAS
Showing 24 of 94 words that begin with RAS.
Words ending in RAS
Showing 24 of 379 words that end in RAS. Useful as a back hook: play RAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with RAS inside
Showing 24 of 943 words that contain RAS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAS
Common questions about RAS
- Is RAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAS, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAS worth?
- RAS is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAS mean?
- An Ethiopian prince or provincial governor.
- What letters can be added to RAS?
- RAS takes 8 hooks: 3 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RAS:
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