AGA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. AGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGA?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGA is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about AGA
- AGA is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A Turkish or Ottoman commander or dignitary.
Aga was a military title in the Ottoman empire, and English mostly meets it through the Aga Khan, where it forms part of a different title altogether. A cooker sold under the same name is a trademark and entirely unconnected.
How AGA is used
Countable: an aga, two agas. Historical.
- The aga commanded a garrison and answered to the capital.
- The word aga was an Ottoman military title.
- An aga ranked below a pasha and above most others.
- Two agas in one province meant a divided command.
- The cooker named aga has nothing to do with the title.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AGA
Showing 24 of 78 words that begin with AGA.
Words ending in AGA
11 words end in AGA. Useful as a back hook: play AGA onto a word already on the board.
Words with AGA inside
Showing 24 of 290 words that contain AGA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AGA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AGA
Common questions about AGA
- Is AGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGA worth?
- AGA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGA mean?
- A Turkish or Ottoman commander or dignitary.
- What letters can be added to AGA?
- AGA takes 9 hooks: 6 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AGA:
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