THONG is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. THONG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THONG?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THONG is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THONG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THONG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THONG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does THONG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A narrow strip of leather or other material used as a fastening or as the lash of a whip; also, a minimal garment or sandal held on by such a strip.
Older use of thong points to a plain, practical object, a leather strip that binds a bundle shut, forms the lash of a whip, or holds a sandal to the foot. Modern clothing has narrowed the everyday meaning considerably, so that thong now most often names a minimal undergarment or swimsuit consisting of a narrow strip passing between the legs. Some regions, notably Australia, still use thong to mean a simple flip-flop sandal, a sense closer to the original leather-strap meaning. Context usually makes clear which sense of thong a speaker intends.
How THONG is used
Thong now most often names an item of clothing or footwear, while its older leather-strap sense survives mainly in craft and historical writing.
- He tied the bundle shut with a leather thong.
- The whip's lash was cut from a single thong.
- She packed a thong for the beach along with her towel.
- In Australia, a thong just means a rubber flip-flop.
- The old sandal was fastened with a simple thong between the toes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THONG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THONG
6 longer words begin with THONG.
Words ending in THONG
4 words end in THONG. Useful as a back hook: play THONG onto a word already on the board.
Words with THONG inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain THONG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with THONG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THONG
Common questions about THONG
- Is THONG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THONG, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THONG worth?
- THONG is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THONG mean?
- A narrow strip of leather or other material used as a fastening or as the lash of a whip; also, a minimal garment or sandal held on by such a strip.
- What letters can be added to THONG?
- THONG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THONG:
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