WASTELS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. WASTELS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
w4a1s1t1e1l1s1
Depends on the listWASTELS · 7 letters · 10 pts Scrabble · 11 pts WWF
10points in Scrabble
11points in Words with Friends
7letters
0hooks available
1 in 514,646odds of drawing this rack
Which word lists accept WASTELS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 47 / 100
47WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%1.43
Hooks 25%0
Bingo potential 20%full rack
Tile availability 20%5.86%
Our own measure of how useful WASTELS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WASTELS
No single letter turns WASTELS into another word.
How WASTELS scores
Scrabble w4a1s1t1e1l1s1 10
Words with Friends w4a1s1t1e1l2s1 11
Face value of the 7 tiles in WASTELS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
Shorter words from the letters in WASTELS
awless9 lawest9 swales9 sweals9 sweats9 swelts9 tawses9 wastel9 wastes9 leasts6 salets6 slates6 stales6 steals6 tassel6 teslas6 alews8 slaws8 slews8 staws8 stews8 swale8 swats8 sweal8 sweat8 swelt8 tawse8 twaes8 twals8 wales8 wases8 waste8 wasts8 weals8 welts8 wests8 wetas8 asset5 easts5 lases5
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Common questions about WASTELS
- Is WASTELS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WASTELS is not in it.
- How many points is WASTELS worth?
- WASTELS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to WASTELS?
- No single letter can be added to WASTELS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WASTELS:
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