ONAGER is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ONAGER 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 ONAGER?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONAGER is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONAGER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
onagersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ONAGER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ONAGER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What does ONAGER mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyhistorical
A wild ass native to the deserts of central Asia; the same name also applies to an ancient siege engine that hurled large stones.
The onager is a sturdy, fast wild equine found from Iran to Mongolia, living in small herds across dry grassland and desert. Centuries ago, army engineers borrowed the same name for a torsion-powered catapult, reasoning that its violent kick resembled the animal's own. Today the word onager appears both in wildlife writing about endangered Asian equines and in histories of ancient and medieval warfare.
How ONAGER is used
Used both in zoology for the wild ass and in military history for the stone-throwing siege engine; context makes clear which sense is meant.
- A herd of onagers grazed across the dry steppe at dawn.
- The besieging army wheeled an onager up to the city wall.
- Conservationists tagged the onager to track its migration route.
- Roman legions used the onager to hurl stones over fortified walls.
- The zoo's new enclosure now houses a breeding pair of onagers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONAGER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ONAGER
The 6 tiles of ONAGER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ONAGER
1 longer words begin with ONAGER.
Shorter words from the letters in ONAGER
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Common questions about ONAGER
- Is ONAGER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONAGER, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONAGER worth?
- ONAGER is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONAGER mean?
- A wild ass native to the deserts of central Asia; the same name also applies to an ancient siege engine that hurled large stones.
- What letters can be added to ONAGER?
- ONAGER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ONAGER:
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