Yes. ZAS is a valid word.
ZAS is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ZAS 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 ZAS
ZAS is the plural of ZA, a slang word for pizza. When ZA is on the board, an S on the end makes ZAS and scores the 10-point Z again, while the S can start a word going the other way. Two slices, two zas: it's the easiest way to score the Z twice.
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ZAS scores 12 points
Before any bonus squares: Z 10 + A 1 + S 1 = 12. On a double-word square that's 24, on a triple-word 36, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: ZAS as the first play
Later in the game, put the Z on a 3L square and ZAS is worth 32 before any word bonus.
Longer words from ZAS
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of ZAS and these are still words:
- 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
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters Z, A and S.
Memory tip
ZAS is the plural of ZA, slang for pizza: two slices of za.
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