WAIT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WAIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAIT?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAIT is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WAIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What does WAIT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To remain in a place or state until something expected happens.
The verb comes from Old North French waitier, meaning to watch or guard. In hospitality settings, staff who wait tables take the term from an older sense of attending to someone.
How WAIT is used
Extremely common in everyday speech across all registers of English.
- Please wait here until your name is called.
- They waited for hours at the station.
- She is waiting outside the office right now.
- The dog waits patiently by the door each morning.
- We will wait until the rain stops.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAIT
Showing 24 of 32 words that begin with WAIT.
Words ending in WAIT
2 words end in WAIT. Useful as a back hook: play WAIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAIT inside
22 words contain WAIT in the middle. Words that start with WAIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAIT
Common questions about WAIT
- Is WAIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAIT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAIT worth?
- WAIT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAIT mean?
- To remain in a place or state until something expected happens.
- What letters can be added to WAIT?
- WAIT takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WAIT:
Open WAIT in the Word Finder