VAGUES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. VAGUES is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VAGUES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VAGUES is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VAGUES
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vaguestChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How VAGUES scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VAGUES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does VAGUES mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To become vague or imprecise, as expressed by the rare third-person singular form vagues of the verb vague.
Vagues treats vague, normally an adjective, as if it were a verb describing the act of growing imprecise or unclear. The usage is uncommon and mostly appears where a writer deliberately stretches vague into an action rather than a quality.
How VAGUES is used
Very rarely used; vague functions almost exclusively as an adjective in modern English.
- His answer vagues whenever the topic turns to money.
- The witness's story vagues under close questioning.
- Her memory of that day vagues a little more each year.
- The contract's wording vagues right where it matters most.
- His plan vagues the closer the deadline gets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VAGUES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VAGUES
1 longer words begin with VAGUES.
Shorter words from the letters in VAGUES
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Common questions about VAGUES
- Is VAGUES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VAGUES is not in it.
- How many points is VAGUES worth?
- VAGUES is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VAGUES mean?
- To become vague or imprecise, as expressed by the rare third-person singular form vagues of the verb vague.
- What letters can be added to VAGUES?
- VAGUES takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VAGUES:
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