GAG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GAG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAG?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAG is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GAG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,989.
What stands out about GAG
- GAG is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GAG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A joke, especially one in a performance.
Gag means both a joke and something forced into a mouth to keep somebody quiet, and the connection is real: the theatrical sense came from actors stopping the flow of a scene. A gagging order in court belongs with the older meaning.
How GAG is used
Noun and verb. Gagged, gagging.
- The gag worked twice and died on the third night.
- A gag in the mouth and a gag on the stage are the same word.
- They gagged the witness with an order, not a cloth.
- Two gags in a row and the audience gave up resisting.
- The word gag connects silencing somebody with making a joke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAG
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with GAG.
Words ending in GAG
3 words end in GAG. Useful as a back hook: play GAG onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAG inside
Showing 24 of 80 words that contain GAG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GAG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAG
Common questions about GAG
- Is GAG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAG, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAG worth?
- GAG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAG mean?
- A joke, especially one in a performance.
- What letters can be added to GAG?
- GAG takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GAG:
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