SANG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANG?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANG is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about SANG
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 SANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectNorth American
A local name for the wild ginseng plant or its root, used especially by those who dig and sell it in the Appalachian region.
In the hill country of the eastern United States, sang is the everyday short form of ginseng, and sang hunting or sang digging refers to searching the forest for the plant's knotty root, which is dried and sold, much of it eventually exported to buyers in Asia. Families in the region often pass down favorite sang patches from one generation to the next.
How SANG is used
Regional dialect of the Appalachian United States; rarely used outside that area or outside discussion of the ginseng trade.
- He spent the fall weekends hunting for sang in the hollow behind the farm.
- Her grandfather taught her how to spot a patch of sang in the woods.
- Dried sang can fetch a high price from buyers each autumn.
- The old timer kept the location of his best sang patch a secret.
- They dug sang carefully so the roots would not be damaged.
dialectNorth American
A local name for the wild ginseng plant or its root, used especially by those who dig and sell it in the Appalachian region.
In the hill country of the eastern United States, sang is the everyday short form of ginseng, and sang hunting or sang digging refers to searching the forest for the plant's knotty root, which is dried and sold, much of it eventually exported to buyers in Asia. Families in the region often pass down favorite sang patches from one generation to the next.
How SANG is used
Regional dialect of the Appalachian United States; rarely used outside that area or outside discussion of the ginseng trade.
- He spent the fall weekends hunting for sang in the hollow behind the farm.
- Her grandfather taught her how to spot a patch of sang in the woods.
- Dried sang can fetch a high price from buyers each autumn.
- The old timer kept the location of his best sang patch a secret.
- They dug sang carefully so the roots would not be damaged.
Written for this site: 2 meanings of SANG and 10 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SANG
The 4 tiles of SANG in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SANG
Showing 24 of 61 words that begin with SANG.
Words ending in SANG
8 words end in SANG. Useful as a back hook: play SANG onto a word already on the board.
Words with SANG inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain SANG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SANG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SANG
Common questions about SANG
- Is SANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANG, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANG worth?
- SANG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANG mean?
- A local name for the wild ginseng plant or its root, used especially by those who dig and sell it in the Appalachian region.
- What letters can be added to SANG?
- SANG takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SANG:
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