SPA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SPA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPA?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPA is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about SPA
- The same 3 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 SPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place with a mineral spring, or a health resort.
Spa is named after a town in Belgium that has been treating visitors since the sixteenth century, which makes it one of very few common English nouns taken straight from a place name. The word spread faster than the treatments did.
How SPA is used
Countable: a spa, two spas.
- The spa is named after a town in Belgium.
- A spa hotel and a hotel with a bath are not the same claim.
- Two spas in one small town is a marketing decision.
- The word spa comes from a place and not a practice.
- A spa town lives on visitors and always has.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPA
The 3 tiles of SPA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SPA
Showing 24 of 523 words that begin with SPA.
Words ending in SPA
2 words end in SPA. Useful as a back hook: play SPA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPA inside
Showing 24 of 374 words that contain SPA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SPA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPA
Common questions about SPA
- Is SPA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPA worth?
- SPA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPA mean?
- A place with a mineral spring, or a health resort.
- What letters can be added to SPA?
- SPA takes 10 hooks: 0 in front and 10 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SPA:
Open SPA in the Word Finder