Is PANGS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANGS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is PANGS worth?

PANGS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to PANGS?

PANGS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

PANGS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points

Yes. PANGS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.

p3a1n1g2s1

PlayablePANGS · 5 letters · 8 pts Scrabble · 11 pts WWF

8points in Scrabble

11points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 58,092odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept PANGS?

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

29WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.6

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.8%

Our own measure of how useful PANGS is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PANGS

Front hooks — 1

spangs9

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How PANGS scores

Scrabble p3a1n1g2s1 8

Words with Friends p4a1n2g3s1 11

Face value of the 5 tiles in PANGS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
p	1	2
a	1	9
n	1	6
g	1	3
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.

Anagrams of PANGS

spang8

The 5 tiles of PANGS in a different order — 1 found.

Words ending in PANGS

spangs9 trepangs11

2 words end in PANGS. Useful as a back hook: play PANGS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in PANGS

gaps7 gasp7 pang7 spag7 naps6 pans6 snap6 span6 gans5 nags5 sang5 snag5 gap6 asp5 nap5 pan5 pas5 sap5 spa5 ags4 gan4 gas4 nag4 sag4 ans3 nas3 san3 pa4 ag3 an2 as2 na2

Common questions about PANGS

Is PANGS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANGS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is PANGS worth?: PANGS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to PANGS?: PANGS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PANGS:

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