Yes. AS is a valid word.
AS is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AS is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AS
AS is so common that players forget it is a two-letter play. It hooks into ASH, ASK, ASP and ASS.
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AS scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + S 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AS as the first play
Later in the game, put the A on a 3L square and AS is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of AS (16):
- AASform of AA: a dry form of lava resembling clinkers
- BAS
- DAS
- FASform of FA: the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
- GASthe state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by
- HAS
- KAS
- LASform of LA: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
After AS (4):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from AS
Words that start with AS:
- ASCIform of ASCUS: saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
- ASEAfacing away from land
- ASHYof a light grey
- ASKSform of ASK: make a request or demand for something to somebody
- ASPSform of ASP: of southern Europe
- ASANA(Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
- ASCON
- ASCOTa cravat with wide square ends
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- ASCUSsaclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
- ASDICa measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to…
- ASHEDform of ASH: the residue that remains when something is burned
- ASHENanemic looking from illness or emotion
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AS and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A and S.
Memory tip
AS is everyday glue between words. Add an H for ASH, a K for ASK or a P for ASP.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with A
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
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