ADAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ADAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADAGE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADAGE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADAGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ADAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ADAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional saying that expresses a general truth or piece of wisdom.
An adage is repeated across generations because it captures a common observation about life in a short, memorable form, such as advice about patience or hard work. Unlike a quotation attributed to one person, an adage usually has no known author and is treated as shared folk wisdom. Writers and speakers often introduce an adage with a phrase like as the old adage goes.
How ADAGE is used
Common in both spoken and written English wherever a speaker wants to invoke traditional wisdom.
- Her grandmother repeated the same adage every winter.
- The old adage warns against counting chickens before they hatch.
- He opened his speech with a familiar adage about patience.
- Every culture seems to have its own version of that adage.
- The teacher used an adage to make the lesson easier to remember.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADAGE
1 longer words begin with ADAGE.
Words ending in ADAGE
1 words end in ADAGE. Useful as a back hook: play ADAGE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ADAGE inside
1 words contain ADAGE in the middle. Words that start with ADAGE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ADAGE
Common questions about ADAGE
- Is ADAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADAGE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADAGE worth?
- ADAGE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADAGE mean?
- A traditional saying that expresses a general truth or piece of wisdom.
- What letters can be added to ADAGE?
- ADAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ADAGE:
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