AGON is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. AGON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGON?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGON is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AGON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does AGON mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryhistorical
A formal contest or central conflict, especially between characters in a literary work.
Agon traces back to ancient Greek festival contests, where athletes, singers and playwrights competed openly for a prize before a public crowd. Drama borrowed the same word for the clash of wills that drives a play forward, the struggle a protagonist and antagonist act out on stage. Classical scholars and literary critics keep the Greek spelling of agon rather than translating it into English.
How AGON is used
A literary-criticism and classical-studies term, not everyday vocabulary.
- The critic analysed the agon between the tragic hero and his rival.
- Ancient Athens held a religious agon with races and choral contests.
- Their courtroom argument played out like a modern agon.
- The playwright built the whole second act around a single agon.
- Scholars traced the agon of the drama back to its opening scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AGON
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with AGON.
Words ending in AGON
Showing 24 of 30 words that end in AGON. Useful as a back hook: play AGON onto a word already on the board.
Words with AGON inside
Showing 24 of 165 words that contain AGON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AGON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AGON
Common questions about AGON
- Is AGON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGON, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGON worth?
- AGON is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGON mean?
- A formal contest or central conflict, especially between characters in a literary work.
- What letters can be added to AGON?
- AGON takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AGON:
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