DAGS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DAGS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAGS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAGS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAGS
No single letter turns DAGS into another word.
How DAGS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DAGS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does DAGS mean in Scrabble?
noun
AustralianNew Zealand
Matted, dung-caked locks of wool hanging from a sheep's hindquarters, almost always spoken of in this plural form.
Sheep farmers in Australia and New Zealand trim dags before shearing because the dirty wool can attract flies and cause infection. The singular dag also gives Australian and New Zealand slang for an amusing, old-fashioned or awkward person, but this entry covers the farming sense that is usually used in the plural.
How DAGS is used
Farming term in Australia and New Zealand; rarely used elsewhere.
- The shearer trimmed the dags from the ewe before shearing began.
- Dags had matted thickly around the sheep's tail in the wet weather.
- Farmhands spent the morning clearing dags off the flock.
- Wet dags can attract flies and cause infection in sheep.
- He tossed the dirty dags into a bucket by the shearing shed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAGS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAGS
The 4 tiles of DAGS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DAGS
Common questions about DAGS
- Is DAGS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAGS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAGS worth?
- DAGS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAGS mean?
- Matted, dung-caked locks of wool hanging from a sheep's hindquarters, almost always spoken of in this plural form.
- What letters can be added to DAGS?
- No single letter can be added to DAGS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DAGS:
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