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/wat/
noun

Is WAT a Scrabble word?

Yes. WAT 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.

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Meaning A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

    “There are two wats near this village.”

  2. A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: wat via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai วัด (wát).

WAT at a glance

WAT has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #16,082 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -WAT

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Same last three letters as WAT. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • SWAT7
  • BOWAT10

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