3 letter words with A and S

Our dictionary holds 54 3 letter words with a and s, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is SAZ, worth 12 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with S than any other letter — 23 of them, about 43% of the list.

38 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (70%), including was, has, say, san, ask; the remaining 16 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.