HANG is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HANG 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 HANG?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HANG is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HANG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HANG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 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 HANG mean in Scrabble?
verb
To suspend from above.
Hang has two past tenses and English uses them for different things: one for pictures and one for executions. Very few verbs divide their forms by subject matter like that.
How HANG is used
Two past forms: hung and hanged.
- They hang the pictures too high in that gallery.
- The word hang has two past tenses in use.
- One past form of hang is used only of executions.
- A hanging basket by the door.
- Very few verbs split their forms by subject as hang does.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HANG
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with HANG.
Words ending in HANG
11 words end in HANG. Useful as a back hook: play HANG onto a word already on the board.
Words with HANG inside
Showing 24 of 165 words that contain HANG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HANG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HANG
Common questions about HANG
- Is HANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HANG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HANG worth?
- HANG is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HANG mean?
- To suspend from above.
- What letters can be added to HANG?
- HANG takes 7 hooks: 5 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HANG:
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