Unscramble OAST and you have 18 words, OAST itself among them: it scores 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 4 points: OATS, STOA, TAOS and TOSA. 4 letters: 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Counting the words from OAST by length: 5 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of OAST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with OA · ending in ST · all 4-letter words
OAST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OAST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 18) | 17 | 18 | 15 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: TOSA and ATS. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ST.
These 12 words take every letter of OAST plus a single extra one.