was: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with W · ends with S
Meaning of was
verb
- first-person, form-of, indicative, past, singular
first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
Base or related entry: be.
Example: I was castigated and scorned.
- form-of, indicative, past, singular, third-person
third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
Base or related entry: be.
Example: It was a really humongous slice of cake.
- colloquial
Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
Example: There was three of them there.
- colloquial, form-of, indicative, nonstandard, past, second-person, singular
second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
Base or related entry: be.
Listed forms: wus, wuz.
Source: Wiktionary — was.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is was in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of was
W(4) + A(1) + S(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of was
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from was
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in was. Showing up to 24, longest first.