WAZ is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. WAZ 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 15 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept WAZ?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAZ is to know. It scores 15 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wazzChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WAZ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WAZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What stands out about WAZ
- At 15 points, WAZ is among the ten highest-scoring 3-letter words we list.
- WAZ averages 5 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WAZ mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectslangBritish
To urinate, in British dialect speech, also spelled wazz.
Speakers use waz as a casual, blunt stand-in for urinate, and the same word can double as a noun for the act itself. It sits alongside other short slang terms like pee and slash, and the alternate spelling wazz shows up just as often in print.
How WAZ is used
Informal spoken British slang, not used in formal writing.
- He nipped behind the wall for a quick waz.
- The dog stopped to waz against every lamppost.
- She joked that the whole trip was one long search for somewhere to waz.
- Nobody warned him the only toilet was a waz-house down the lane.
- He said he needed a waz before the film started.
- The children laughed at the word waz without knowing its origin.
- After the long drive, everyone lined up to waz at the service station.
- The old dialect word waz still turns up in regional slang glossaries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAZ and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see WAZ
- Waz and its alternate spelling wazz belong to informal British slang, sitting alongside similarly short words such as pee and slash.
- Because it uses the high-value letter Z in only three letters, waz is a popular short play in word games.
Words starting with WAZ
10 longer words begin with WAZ.
Words with WAZ inside
4 words contain WAZ in the middle. Words that start with WAZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAZ
Common questions about WAZ
- Is WAZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAZ, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAZ worth?
- WAZ is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAZ mean?
- To urinate, in British dialect speech, also spelled wazz.
- What letters can be added to WAZ?
- WAZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WAZ:
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