SLANG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SLANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLANG?
| 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 SLANG is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLANG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLANG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SLANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does SLANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Very informal words and phrases, often used by a particular group, that fall outside standard vocabulary.
Slang changes quickly from one generation and social circle to the next, so a term that sounds current in one decade can feel dated within a few years. Teenagers, musicians, criminals and workers in a shared trade have all developed their own slang to mark who belongs to the group and to speak more casually than formal usage allows. Dictionaries eventually record some slang once it spreads widely enough, while much of it fades unrecorded.
How SLANG is used
Used across everyday speech and informal writing to label casual, non-standard vocabulary.
- Half the slang in the film went over my head.
- He picked up local slang within weeks of moving to the city.
- The teacher asked students to avoid slang in their essays.
- Prison slang rarely reaches the wider public.
- That word started as slang before it entered the dictionary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLANG
The 5 tiles of SLANG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SLANG
17 longer words begin with SLANG.
Words ending in SLANG
1 words end in SLANG. Useful as a back hook: play SLANG onto a word already on the board.
Words with SLANG inside
1 words contain SLANG in the middle. Words that start with SLANG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SLANG
Common questions about SLANG
- Is SLANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLANG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLANG worth?
- SLANG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLANG mean?
- Very informal words and phrases, often used by a particular group, that fall outside standard vocabulary.
- What letters can be added to SLANG?
- SLANG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SLANG:
Open SLANG in the Word Finder