WASP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WASP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WASP?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WASP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WASP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WASP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WASP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about WASP
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 WASP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A stinging insect with a narrow waist.
Wasp keeps a letter order that most Germanic relatives reversed, so English kept the older shape by accident. A separate wasp written in capitals is an unrelated American acronym.
How WASP is used
Countable: a wasp, two wasps.
- A wasp in the room ends every conversation.
- The word wasp kept an older letter order.
- Two wasps and nobody willing to open the window.
- A wasp stings more than once and a bee does not.
- The acronym written in capitals is a separate word from wasp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WASP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WASP
The 4 tiles of WASP in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with WASP
16 longer words begin with WASP.
Words ending in WASP
2 words end in WASP. Useful as a back hook: play WASP onto a word already on the board.
Words with WASP inside
2 words contain WASP in the middle. Words that start with WASP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WASP
Common questions about WASP
- Is WASP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WASP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WASP worth?
- WASP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WASP mean?
- A stinging insect with a narrow waist.
- What letters can be added to WASP?
- WASP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WASP:
Open WASP in the Word Finder