AGES is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. AGES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGES?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGES is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AGES scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AGES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about AGES
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AGES mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An unusually long stretch of time, used informally rather than literally.
Ages began as the ordinary plural of age, and speakers later stretched it into exaggeration, turning a few missed minutes into what feels like whole centuries. The word signals impatience or complaint more than any real measurement, so a five-minute wait and a two-hour delay can both earn the same grumbled ages. Because it exaggerates on purpose, ages rarely appears in writing that needs to state a duration precisely.
How AGES is used
Everyday spoken English, always exaggerating how long something took.
- It's been ages since we last spoke on the phone.
- She waited ages for the bus in the freezing cold.
- The kettle seemed to take ages to boil.
- We haven't visited that town for ages.
- He spent ages trying to find his missing keys.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AGES
The 4 tiles of AGES in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in AGES
Showing 24 of 608 words that end in AGES. Useful as a back hook: play AGES onto a word already on the board.
Words with AGES inside
18 words contain AGES in the middle. Words that start with AGES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AGES
Common questions about AGES
- Is AGES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGES, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGES worth?
- AGES is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGES mean?
- An unusually long stretch of time, used informally rather than literally.
- What letters can be added to AGES?
- AGES takes 8 hooks: 8 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AGES:
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