FANG is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FANG?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FANG is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FANG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FANG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does FANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long sharp tooth of a snake or dog.
Fang meant a catch or a capture in Old English before it meant a tooth, and the tooth sense is only sixteenth-century. The older meaning survives in a few Scottish uses.
How FANG is used
Countable: a fang, two fangs.
- A fang folds back when the snake closes its mouth.
- The word fang once meant a catch.
- Two fangs leave two punctures and no more.
- The tooth sense of fang is sixteenth-century.
- Scottish uses keep the older sense of fang.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FANG
15 longer words begin with FANG.
Words ending in FANG
2 words end in FANG. Useful as a back hook: play FANG onto a word already on the board.
Words with FANG inside
19 words contain FANG in the middle. Words that start with FANG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FANG
Common questions about FANG
- Is FANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FANG, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FANG worth?
- FANG is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FANG mean?
- A long sharp tooth of a snake or dog.
- What letters can be added to FANG?
- FANG takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FANG:
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