WASTE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. WASTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WASTE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WASTE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WASTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WASTE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WASTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about WASTE
- The same 5 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 WASTE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To use, spend or consume something carelessly, without full benefit, or to allow it to be lost without being used effectively.
A person who lets food spoil in the refrigerator or spends money on things never used is said to waste resources, failing to get the value that careful use would have produced. Environmental campaigns warn against wasting water and energy, treating careless overuse as a cost to shared resources rather than only to the individual. The word also extends to time, describing hours spent unproductively as time wasted rather than time invested in something worthwhile. Farmland or a body left untreated can also waste in the older sense of gradually wasting away, growing thin and weak, a meaning closer to the noun waste for worthless leftover material.
How WASTE is used
Extremely common in everyday speech and writing for using something carelessly or without benefit.
- Please don't waste the leftover bread.
- He felt he had wasted an entire afternoon in traffic.
- The company was criticised for its waste of water during the drought.
- She refused to waste her talent on a job she disliked.
- The illness caused his muscles to waste over several months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WASTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WASTE
The 5 tiles of WASTE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with WASTE
Showing 24 of 37 words that begin with WASTE.
Words ending in WASTE
4 words end in WASTE. Useful as a back hook: play WASTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WASTE inside
7 words contain WASTE in the middle. Words that start with WASTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WASTE
Showing 40 of 65. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about WASTE
- Is WASTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WASTE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WASTE worth?
- WASTE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WASTE mean?
- To use, spend or consume something carelessly, without full benefit, or to allow it to be lost without being used effectively.
- What letters can be added to WASTE?
- WASTE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WASTE:
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