AGIOTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AGIOTAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGIOTAGE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGIOTAGE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGIOTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
agiotagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGIOTAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AGIOTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AGIOTAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AGIOTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Speculative dealing in stocks and shares, or the business of exchanging money.
Agiotage comes from French and was popular among nineteenth-century writers who looked down on stock-market gambling. It also named the fee a changer charged to swap currencies. Modern English prefers speculation or trading.
How AGIOTAGE is used
Dated and rare; found in historical or literary texts.
- The boom fed a wave of reckless agiotage in the capital.
- He grew rich through agiotage rather than honest trade.
- Newspapers condemned the agiotage that followed the loan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGIOTAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AGIOTAGE
1 longer words begin with AGIOTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in AGIOTAGE
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Common questions about AGIOTAGE
- Is AGIOTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGIOTAGE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGIOTAGE worth?
- AGIOTAGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGIOTAGE mean?
- Speculative dealing in stocks and shares, or the business of exchanging money.
- What letters can be added to AGIOTAGE?
- AGIOTAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AGIOTAGE:
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