Is WAS a Scrabble word?
Yes. WAS is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
Verb 1 meaning
Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
“There was three of them there.”
Etymology
From Middle English was, from Old English wæs, from Proto-Germanic *was, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂we-h₂wós-e from *h₂wes- (“to reside”), whence also vestal.
WAS at a glance
WAS has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + S 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #16 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -WAS
More endings- TWAS7
- FATWAS12
- TAWAS8
- TISWAS9
- KAWAS12
- PESHWAS15
- SHWAS11
- MOWAS10
- SCHWAS14
- PAWAS10
- WAWAS11
- BAKLAWAS17
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