AARGH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AARGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AARGH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AARGH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AARGH
No single letter turns AARGH into another word.
How AARGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AARGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does AARGH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An exclamation expressing frustration, dismay, pain or exasperation, often written with extra letters to suggest a drawn-out or emphatic cry.
Someone drops a full bag of groceries or watches a computer crash and shouts aargh, using the extended spelling to signal a more intense, prolonged reaction than the shorter ah would convey. Comic strips and informal writing favour aargh precisely because the doubled letters mimic the rising, drawn-out sound of real exasperation better than a single short syllable could. The exact number of a's, r's and g's varies from writer to writer, since aargh belongs to a loose family of spellings, including argh and aarrgh, that all render the same wordless cry. It rarely appears in formal writing, since its whole purpose is to capture an unplanned, emotional outburst rather than a considered statement.
How AARGH is used
Informal; used in speech and casual writing, comics and messaging to express sudden frustration or exasperation, and often exaggerated for humorous effect.
- Aargh, I left my keys on the kitchen table again.
- She threw up her hands and yelled aargh when the printer jammed.
- Aargh! shouted the coach as the ball missed the goal.
- He muttered aargh under his breath at the endless queue.
- The comic strip character always says aargh before something falls on him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AARGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AARGH
Common questions about AARGH
- Is AARGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AARGH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AARGH worth?
- AARGH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AARGH mean?
- An exclamation expressing frustration, dismay, pain or exasperation, often written with extra letters to suggest a drawn-out or emphatic cry.
- What letters can be added to AARGH?
- No single letter can be added to AARGH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AARGH:
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