STRASS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. STRASS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STRASS?
| 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: 22 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STRASS is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STRASS
No single letter turns STRASS into another word.
How STRASS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STRASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What stands out about STRASS
- STRASS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- STRASS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STRASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard, highly refractive glass paste used to make imitation gemstones.
Strass is cut and polished the same way a real diamond or sapphire would be, but it is made from a dense lead glass rather than a natural mineral, which lets it catch light almost as brightly at a fraction of the cost. The material takes its name from the eighteenth-century jeweller Josef Strasser, who developed the formula in Vienna, and the word has since become the ordinary term for this kind of paste jewel rather than a brand name. Strass jewelry was especially fashionable in theatrical costume and stage design, where large, sparkling stones were needed but real gems were far too costly. Today the same glass is often sold under the more familiar name rhinestone.
How STRASS is used
A specialist term from jewelry-making and costume design, less common in everyday speech than rhinestone.
- The tiara was set with strass rather than diamonds.
- Costume designers favor strass for its brilliant sparkle.
- A single flaw can dull the shine of cut strass.
- The necklace mixed real pearls with rows of strass.
- Old strass buttons still catch light beautifully today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STRASS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STRASS
1 longer words begin with STRASS.
Shorter words from the letters in STRASS
Common questions about STRASS
- Is STRASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STRASS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STRASS worth?
- STRASS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STRASS mean?
- A hard, highly refractive glass paste used to make imitation gemstones.
- What letters can be added to STRASS?
- No single letter can be added to STRASS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STRASS:
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