WOST is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WOST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOST?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOST is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOST
No single letter turns WOST into another word.
How WOST scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WOST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What stands out about WOST
- The same 4 tiles also spell 6 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 WOST mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To know, in the old form that follows thou, built on the vanished verb wit rather than on be or do.
Wost belongs to the old verb wit, meaning to know, and appears in the form thou wost, addressing one person directly, much as thou wast is the old form of you were. It is found in older English texts and translations of scripture, where knowledge is expressed with this now-vanished conjugation.
How WOST is used
Archaic; encountered in older religious and literary texts rather than in modern speech.
- Thou wost not the hour when it shall come.
- The old translation reads, thou wost the truth of it.
- Readers of early English texts still meet the form wost.
- He wrote wost where a modern writer would simply say know.
- The verse asks whether thou wost the way home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WOST
The 4 tiles of WOST in a different order — 6 found.
Words with WOST inside
1 words contain WOST in the middle. Words that start with WOST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOST
Common questions about WOST
- Is WOST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOST worth?
- WOST is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOST mean?
- To know, in the old form that follows thou, built on the vanished verb wit rather than on be or do.
- What letters can be added to WOST?
- No single letter can be added to WOST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WOST:
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