BAG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BAG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAG?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAG is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does BAG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A container of soft material, open at the top.
Bag as a verb means to catch or to claim, and that came out of shooting: what was shot went into the bag, so bagging something meant securing it. British slang took it further — to bag a seat is to reserve it by leaving something on it.
How BAG is used
Countable: a bag, two bags. Also a verb.
- The bag split at the corner on the way home.
- He bagged the last seat by putting a coat on it.
- A bag of that size holds a week of shopping.
- They bagged two brace between them and came home early.
- The verb to bag came out of shooting and stayed there.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAG
The 3 tiles of BAG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAG
Showing 24 of 78 words that begin with BAG.
Words ending in BAG
Showing 24 of 47 words that end in BAG. Useful as a back hook: play BAG onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAG inside
Showing 24 of 130 words that contain BAG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BAG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAG
Common questions about BAG
- Is BAG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAG worth?
- BAG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAG mean?
- A container of soft material, open at the top.
- What letters can be added to BAG?
- BAG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAG:
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