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FASTS

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What FASTS Means

FASTS is a form of FAST, which means:

  1. adjective: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly“fast film”
  2. adjective: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time“my watch is fast”
  3. verb: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons“Catholics sometimes fast during Lent”
  4. verb: abstain from eating“Before the medical exam, you must fast”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FASTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 A1 S1 T1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FASTS

15 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing FASTS

FASTS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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