ASSEGAI is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ASSEGAI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASSEGAI?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASSEGAI is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASSEGAI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
assegaisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASSEGAI scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ASSEGAI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does ASSEGAI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A slender, light spear with an iron tip, used by peoples of southern Africa for throwing and stabbing.
The assegai is best known from accounts of southern African warfare, where it served as both a missile and a close weapon. Do not confuse it with a heavy lance, since an assegai is deliberately light.
How ASSEGAI is used
Mostly met in historical writing about southern Africa and in adventure fiction featuring an assegai.
- The warrior hurled his assegai across the stream.
- A museum case held an assegai with a blackened iron head.
- In the old novel, an assegai whistled past the explorer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASSEGAI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASSEGAI
3 longer words begin with ASSEGAI.
Shorter words from the letters in ASSEGAI
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Common questions about ASSEGAI
- Is ASSEGAI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASSEGAI, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASSEGAI worth?
- ASSEGAI is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASSEGAI mean?
- A slender, light spear with an iron tip, used by peoples of southern Africa for throwing and stabbing.
- What letters can be added to ASSEGAI?
- ASSEGAI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ASSEGAI:
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