SAGO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SAGO 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 SAGO?
| 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 SAGO is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAGO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sagosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAGO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SAGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does SAGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
An edible starch made from the pith of certain tropical palm trees.
Sago is produced by scraping and washing the soft inner pith of the sago palm, then drying it into flour or small granules. It has long been a staple food in parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and in Western kitchens it is best known as the small pearly grains used to thicken puddings.
How SAGO is used
Common in cookery writing and in descriptions of tropical food staples.
- The pudding was thickened with sago and sweetened with palm sugar.
- Villagers processed sago from the trunks of the palms growing nearby.
- She bought a small bag of sago to make dessert for the guests.
- Sago remains a staple food in parts of New Guinea and Malaysia.
- The recipe called for soaking the sago overnight before cooking.
An edible starch made from the pith of certain tropical palm trees.
Sago is produced by scraping and washing the soft inner pith of the sago palm, then drying it into flour or small granules. It has long been a staple food in parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and in Western kitchens it is best known as the small pearly grains used to thicken puddings.
How SAGO is used
Common in cookery writing and in descriptions of tropical food staples.
- The pudding was thickened with sago and sweetened with palm sugar.
- Villagers processed sago from the trunks of the palms growing nearby.
- She bought a small bag of sago to make dessert for the guests.
- Sago remains a staple food in parts of New Guinea and Malaysia.
- The recipe called for soaking the sago overnight before cooking.
Written for this site: 2 meanings of SAGO and 10 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAGO
The 4 tiles of SAGO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAGO
5 longer words begin with SAGO.
Words ending in SAGO
1 words end in SAGO. Useful as a back hook: play SAGO onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAGO inside
5 words contain SAGO in the middle. Words that start with SAGO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAGO
Common questions about SAGO
- Is SAGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAGO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAGO worth?
- SAGO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAGO mean?
- An edible starch made from the pith of certain tropical palm trees.
- What letters can be added to SAGO?
- SAGO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SAGO:
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