LAGAN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LAGAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAGAN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAGAN is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAGAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lagansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAGAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAGAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does LAGAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalnautical
Goods or wreckage that lie on the bed of the sea, especially when marked with a buoy so that they can be recovered later.
Lagan is one of three old terms from maritime law, alongside flotsam and jetsam, and it applies specifically to cargo that has sunk rather than floated free. A cask or crate only counted as lagan if it carried a marker, usually a buoy, showing where it had been left underwater on purpose so that it could be found again. The distinction mattered for salvage and insurance claims, since ownership of lagan could still be proved even after the goods disappeared beneath the surface. Shipping records and law reports once relied on the word lagan to separate marked, recoverable wreckage from cargo that was lost for good.
How LAGAN is used
Mainly a legal and nautical term, encountered in maritime law and historical shipping records rather than everyday speech.
- The buoy marked the position of the lagan resting on the seabed.
- Maritime law treats lagan differently from goods that simply float free.
- Insurers argued over whether the sunken cargo counted as lagan.
- Divers were sent to recover the lagan before the tide turned.
- Old shipping records still use the word lagan for marked, sunken goods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAGAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAGAN
The 5 tiles of LAGAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAGAN
1 longer words begin with LAGAN.
Shorter words from the letters in LAGAN
Common questions about LAGAN
- Is LAGAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAGAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAGAN worth?
- LAGAN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAGAN mean?
- Goods or wreckage that lie on the bed of the sea, especially when marked with a buoy so that they can be recovered later.
- What letters can be added to LAGAN?
- LAGAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAGAN:
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