SWANG is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SWANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWANG?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWANG is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWANG
No single letter turns SWANG into another word.
How SWANG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about SWANG
- The same 5 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 SWANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectregional
A piece of low-lying, marshy ground, especially a boggy hollow that tends to flood.
A swang sits lower than the surrounding fields and holds water long after rain has stopped, leaving the ground soft and difficult to cross. The word survives chiefly in the dialect of northern England and Scotland, where farmers still use it for a wet hollow unsuited to regular grazing or ploughing. It is unrelated to the everyday verb swing, despite the similar spelling.
How SWANG is used
A regional dialect word, chiefly heard in northern England and Scotland for a boggy patch of land.
- Sheep avoided the swang after the heavy autumn rains.
- The old map marked a swang at the bottom of the field.
- Reeds and rushes grew thick across the swang.
- He lost a boot crossing the muddy swang.
- The farmer fenced off the swang to keep cattle from sinking in.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWANG
The 5 tiles of SWANG in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SWANG
Common questions about SWANG
- Is SWANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWANG, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWANG worth?
- SWANG is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWANG mean?
- A piece of low-lying, marshy ground, especially a boggy hollow that tends to flood.
- What letters can be added to SWANG?
- No single letter can be added to SWANG to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWANG:
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