SAGA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SAGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAGA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAGA is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sagasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAGA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SAGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about SAGA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SAGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long story of heroic deeds and adventures, or, more loosely, any long and eventful account of events.
A saga originally meant a medieval Norse or Icelandic prose narrative that told of the adventures of legendary heroes and the histories of settling families, handed down and eventually written out at length. Modern English has widened the word so that a saga can now be any drawn-out story, whether a family history spanning generations or a complicated series of events in the news.
How SAGA is used
Common in everyday and literary use; often used loosely for any long, complicated or drawn-out story.
- The novel traces the saga of one family across three generations.
- He told the whole saga of the delayed flight in exhausting detail.
- Icelandic students still read the medieval saga of Njal in school.
- Her divorce turned into a long, painful saga that lasted two years.
- The company's takeover saga filled the business pages for months.
A long story of heroic deeds and adventures, or, more loosely, any long and eventful account of events.
A saga originally meant a medieval Norse or Icelandic prose narrative that told of the adventures of legendary heroes and the histories of settling families, handed down and eventually written out at length. Modern English has widened the word so that a saga can now be any drawn-out story, whether a family history spanning generations or a complicated series of events in the news.
How SAGA is used
Common in everyday and literary use; often used loosely for any long, complicated or drawn-out story.
- The novel traces the saga of one family across three generations.
- He told the whole saga of the delayed flight in exhausting detail.
- Icelandic students still read the medieval saga of Njal in school.
- Her divorce turned into a long, painful saga that lasted two years.
- The company's takeover saga filled the business pages for months.
Written for this site: 2 meanings of SAGA and 10 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAGA
The 4 tiles of SAGA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SAGA
17 longer words begin with SAGA.
Words with SAGA inside
4 words contain SAGA in the middle. Words that start with SAGA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAGA
Common questions about SAGA
- Is SAGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAGA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAGA worth?
- SAGA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAGA mean?
- A long story of heroic deeds and adventures, or, more loosely, any long and eventful account of events.
- What letters can be added to SAGA?
- SAGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SAGA:
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