LAG is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LAG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAG?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAG is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LAG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does LAG mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fall behind the rest.
Lag as a verb about insulation is a separate word, from the wooden staves once wrapped round a boiler. A third lag is old slang for a convict, and it survives now only in the phrase about an old lag.
How LAG is used
Lagged, lagging. Also a noun.
- Sales lag the announcement by about three months.
- They lagged the pipes and the bills halved.
- An old lag knows the system better than the staff.
- The word lag covers three unrelated things.
- A lag of two seconds makes a conversation impossible.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAG
The 3 tiles of LAG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAG
Showing 24 of 47 words that begin with LAG.
Words ending in LAG
14 words end in LAG. Useful as a back hook: play LAG onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAG inside
Showing 24 of 477 words that contain LAG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAG
Common questions about LAG
- Is LAG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAG, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAG worth?
- LAG is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAG mean?
- To fall behind the rest.
- What letters can be added to LAG?
- LAG takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LAG:
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