AGMA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AGMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGMA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGMA is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGMA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AGMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about AGMA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 AGMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The technical name for the velar nasal sound represented by "ng," as in the word "sing."
Linguists use the term agma to describe the sound produced when air passes through the nose while the back of the tongue touches the soft palate. A special symbol for agma appears in phonetic transcription to distinguish this sound from a plain n or g.
How AGMA is used
Primarily used in linguistics and phonetics rather than everyday language.
- The professor explained how agma is pronounced in English words.
- Agma appears in the phonetic alphabet as a distinct symbol.
- Students practiced identifying agma in words like sing and long.
- The linguist compared agma across several different languages.
- Agma differs from a simple n sound in its point of articulation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AGMA
The 4 tiles of AGMA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AGMA
1 longer words begin with AGMA.
Words ending in AGMA
4 words end in AGMA. Useful as a back hook: play AGMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with AGMA inside
Showing 24 of 64 words that contain AGMA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AGMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AGMA
Common questions about AGMA
- Is AGMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGMA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGMA worth?
- AGMA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGMA mean?
- The technical name for the velar nasal sound represented by "ng," as in the word "sing."
- What letters can be added to AGMA?
- AGMA takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AGMA:
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