The word was is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • was v. First-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  • was v. Third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  • was v. (Now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.

24 valid words from 3 definitions

BE COLLOQUIAL EXISTENTIAL FIRST IN INDICATIVE IS NOW OF PAST PERSON PHRASES PLURAL SEMANTIC SIMPLE SINGULAR SUBJECT THE THERE THIRD USED USUALLY WHEN WITH

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

AS

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AW SAW

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

SAW

33 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAS BAS DAS EAS FAS GAS HAS KAS LAS MAS NAS PAS RAS TAS VAS WAB WAD WAE WAG WAI WAN WAP WAR WAT WAW WAX WAY WAZ WIS WOS WUS YAS ZAS

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

AS

11 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

WABS WADS WAES WAGS WAIS WANS WAPS WARS WATS WAWS WAYS

168 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

WASE WASH WASM WASP WAST WASES WASHY WASMS WASPS WASPY WASTE WASTS WASABI WASHED WASHEN WASHER WASHES WASHIN WASHUP WASPIE WASSUP WASTED WASTEL WASTER WASTES WASTRY WASABIS WASHBAG WASHDAY WASHERS WASHERY WASHIER WASHILY WASHING WASHINS WASHOUT WASHPOT WASHRAG WASHTUB WASHUPS WASPIER WASPIES WASPILY WASPISH WASSAIL WASTAGE WASTELS WASTERS WASTERY WASTING + 118 words

150 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

AWASH SWASH REWASH SIWASH SWASHY BAGWASH CARWASH EGGWASH EYEWASH HOGWASH OUTWASH PIGWASH PREWASH SWASHED SWASHER SWASHES TWASOME BACKWASH BIOWASTE BODYWASH DOWNWASH FLATWASH FORWASTE LANDWASH LIMEWASH OUTWASTE OVERWASH RADWASTE RAINWASH REWASHED REWASHES SIWASHED SIWASHES SWASHERS SWASHIER SWASHING SWASTICA SWASTIKA TISWASES TIZWASES TWASOMES UNWASHED UNWASHEN UNWASTED WOODWASP ALEWASHED BAGWASHES BIOWASTES BLACKWASH BRAINWASH + 100 words

27 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

TWAS KAWAS MOWAS PAWAS SHWAS TAWAS WAWAS FATWAS FETWAS HALWAS MAHWAS MALWAS SCHWAS TISWAS TIZWAS BUSHWAS HANIWAS MANAWAS PESEWAS PESHWAS REDOWAS BAKLAWAS PEISHWAS KAWAKAWAS REWAREWAS PIPSISSEWAS POHUTUKAWAS

53 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B SWAB WABS
+C CAWS SCAW
+D DAWS SWAD WADS
+E AWES WAES WASE
+F FAWS
+G GAWS SWAG WAGS
+H HAWS SHAW SHWA WASH
+I WAIS
+J JAWS
+K AWKS KAWS SKAW
+L AWLS LAWS SLAW
+M MAWS SWAM WASM
+N AWNS SAWN SNAW SWAN WANS
+P PAWS SPAW SWAP WAPS WASP
+R RAWS WARS
+S SAWS
+T STAW SWAT TAWS TWAS WAST WATS
+V VAWS
+W WAWS
+Y SWAY WAYS YAWS

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-S AW
-W AS

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 21.9 chance (4.57%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 64.2 chance (1.56%).

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Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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