WASH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WASH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WASH?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WASH is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WASH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WASH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WASH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about WASH
- The same 4 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 WASH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To clean something with water.
Wash covers cleaning, a layer of thin colour and the disturbed water behind a boat, and all three come from one root. The phrase about something coming out in the wash is nineteenth-century.
How WASH is used
Washed, washing. Also a noun in several senses.
- They wash on Sundays and iron on Mondays.
- A wash of colour over the whole drawing.
- The word wash covers cleaning and a boat's wake.
- It will come out in the wash is Victorian.
- Two washes of thin paint instead of one thick coat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WASH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WASH
The 4 tiles of WASH in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with WASH
Showing 24 of 76 words that begin with WASH.
Words ending in WASH
Showing 24 of 29 words that end in WASH. Useful as a back hook: play WASH onto a word already on the board.
Words with WASH inside
Showing 24 of 87 words that contain WASH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WASH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WASH
Common questions about WASH
- Is WASH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WASH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WASH worth?
- WASH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WASH mean?
- To clean something with water.
- What letters can be added to WASH?
- WASH takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WASH:
Open WASH in the Word Finder