AGO is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. AGO 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 AGO?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGO is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AGO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does AGO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Before the present time.
Ago is one of very few English words that must follow what it modifies: three years ago works and ago three years does not. It came from a past participle meaning gone by, which is why it behaves unlike any other adverb in the language.
How AGO is used
Always after the period of time, never before it.
- Three years ago the building was still standing.
- The word ago must follow the period it measures.
- Long ago and far away is a formula and not a description.
- A week ago nobody had heard of any of this.
- No other English adverb behaves quite like ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AGO
The 3 tiles of AGO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AGO
Showing 24 of 54 words that begin with AGO.
Words ending in AGO
20 words end in AGO. Useful as a back hook: play AGO onto a word already on the board.
Words with AGO inside
Showing 24 of 527 words that contain AGO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AGO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AGO
Common questions about AGO
- Is AGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGO worth?
- AGO is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGO mean?
- Before the present time.
- What letters can be added to AGO?
- AGO takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AGO:
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