AREG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. AREG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AREG?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AREG is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AREG
No single letter turns AREG into another word.
How AREG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AREG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What stands out about AREG
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 AREG mean in Scrabble?
noun
Large areas of shifting sand dunes in the Sahara, the Arabic-derived plural of erg.
Geographers use erg for one broad sea of dunes and areg, an Arabic-style plural taken into English, when speaking of several such dune regions together. This use sets areg apart from the rocky or stony parts of the desert.
How AREG is used
A specialised term used mainly in geography writing about the Sahara.
- The map marked three areg stretching across the southern desert.
- Travellers crossing the areg relied on the stars to hold their course.
- Sandstorms are most violent where the areg meet the open plain.
- The book compares the great areg of the Sahara with smaller dune fields elsewhere.
- Few plants survive within the areg themselves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AREG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AREG
The 4 tiles of AREG in a different order — 4 found.
Words with AREG inside
10 words contain AREG in the middle. Words that start with AREG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AREG
Common questions about AREG
- Is AREG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AREG, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AREG worth?
- AREG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AREG mean?
- Large areas of shifting sand dunes in the Sahara, the Arabic-derived plural of erg.
- What letters can be added to AREG?
- No single letter can be added to AREG to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AREG:
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