AGLU is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 5 points
Yes for Scrabble. AGLU is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept AGLU?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGLU is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGLU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aglusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGLU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AGLU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does AGLU mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A hole a seal keeps open in sea ice so that it can come up to breathe.
Aglu comes from Inuktitut, and Inuit hunters have long used the word for the spot a seal returns to again and again beneath winter ice. Because the animal must resurface there to draw air, a hunter who finds an aglu can wait nearby with real patience instead of searching blindly across the frozen ground. The word marks this deliberately maintained gap as distinct from an ordinary crack that forms on its own.
How AGLU is used
An Inuit term used in descriptions of Arctic hunting and seal biology.
- The hunter crouched motionless beside the aglu for hours.
- Seals return again and again to the same aglu through the winter.
- A thin skin of new ice can quickly seal over an aglu.
- Dogs sometimes sniff out a hidden aglu beneath the snow.
- The guide explained how to find an aglu by looking for scratched ice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGLU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AGLU
The 4 tiles of AGLU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AGLU
1 longer words begin with AGLU.
Shorter words from the letters in AGLU
Common questions about AGLU
- Is AGLU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AGLU is not in it.
- How many points is AGLU worth?
- AGLU is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGLU mean?
- A hole a seal keeps open in sea ice so that it can come up to breathe.
- What letters can be added to AGLU?
- AGLU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AGLU:
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