WAT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. WAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAT?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAT is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about WAT
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 WAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand, Laos or Cambodia.
A wat is a walled compound rather than one building: a hall for the image, a chapel for ordinations, quarters for the monks, and very often a school. It works as the centre of village life as much as a place of worship, which is why the word turns up in place names across the region far more often than any English equivalent would.
How WAT is used
Countable: a wat, two wats. Capitalised as part of a name — Wat Pho.
- The wat stands at the end of the village road.
- Every wat has a drum tower and a row of dogs.
- Boys are still schooled at the wat in some districts.
- The wat was rebuilt twice in the same century.
- Two wats face each other across the river.
- Shoes come off at the door of the wat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAT and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WAT
The 3 tiles of WAT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WAT
Showing 24 of 241 words that begin with WAT.
Words ending in WAT
3 words end in WAT. Useful as a back hook: play WAT onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAT inside
Showing 24 of 237 words that contain WAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAT
Common questions about WAT
- Is WAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAT worth?
- WAT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAT mean?
- A Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand, Laos or Cambodia.
- What letters can be added to WAT?
- WAT takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WAT:
Open WAT in the Word Finder