LAOGAI is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LAOGAI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAOGAI?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAOGAI is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAOGAI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
laogaisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAOGAI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LAOGAI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does LAOGAI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The system of forced-labor camps used in China to imprison and reeducate criminals and political prisoners.
Laogai is a transliteration of a Chinese term meaning reform through labor, and it named a large network of camps where inmates worked while undergoing ideological reeducation. The system expanded greatly after 1949 and held a mix of ordinary criminals and people imprisoned for political or religious reasons. Human rights researchers have used records and testimony about the laogai to document conditions inside the camps, and the word entered English mainly through that research and through news reporting.
How LAOGAI is used
Used in English almost exclusively in historical, political, and human-rights writing about China; rarely appears in everyday speech.
- The report cited former inmates who described years spent in the laogai.
- Historians compare the laogai to other twentieth-century forced-labor systems.
- The documentary traced how the laogai expanded during the following decades.
- Her book collects interviews with survivors of the laogai.
- International pressure eventually forced greater openness about the laogai.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAOGAI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAOGAI
The 6 tiles of LAOGAI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LAOGAI
1 longer words begin with LAOGAI.
Shorter words from the letters in LAOGAI
Common questions about LAOGAI
- Is LAOGAI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAOGAI, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAOGAI worth?
- LAOGAI is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAOGAI mean?
- The system of forced-labor camps used in China to imprison and reeducate criminals and political prisoners.
- What letters can be added to LAOGAI?
- LAOGAI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LAOGAI:
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