RAST is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. RAST is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RAST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAST is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RAST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about RAST
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 RAST mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To race or run against another in a contest of speed; an archaic past-tense form of the verb race.
Rast is an archaic way of saying raced, built the way older English sometimes shortened verb endings. It appears in old texts describing someone who rast against another, and the modern language now uses only raced for this meaning.
How RAST is used
Archaic; encountered in older or deliberately antiquated writing, not in modern speech.
- The knight rast against his rival across the open field.
- In the old tale, the hare rast the tortoise and lost.
- He rast to the tower before the gates could close.
- The chronicle says the two ships rast toward the harbour.
- She rast homeward as the storm gathered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAST
The 4 tiles of RAST in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with RAST
21 longer words begin with RAST.
Words ending in RAST
9 words end in RAST. Useful as a back hook: play RAST onto a word already on the board.
Words with RAST inside
Showing 24 of 96 words that contain RAST somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RAST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAST
Common questions about RAST
- Is RAST valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RAST is not in it.
- How many points is RAST worth?
- RAST is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAST mean?
- To race or run against another in a contest of speed; an archaic past-tense form of the verb race.
- What letters can be added to RAST?
- RAST takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RAST:
Open RAST in the Word Finder