WHANG is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WHANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHANG?
| 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 WHANG is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHANG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whangsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHANG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does WHANG mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalNorth American
To strike something hard, producing a loud, resounding noise.
Whang describes a forceful hit delivered with enough power to make a sharp, ringing sound, whether from a fist, a bat or a slammed door. The word imitates the noise of the impact itself, in the same family as bang and clang, and it carries a rough, informal flavor rather than a technical one. Whang can also serve as a noun for the blow or the sound it makes, as in he gave the drum a whang. In some American regional speech, whang has an older, unrelated sense referring to a strip of leather or rawhide.
How WHANG is used
Informal, chiefly American, used of a loud, forceful blow or the sound it makes.
- He decided to whang the nail with one heavy blow.
- The batter managed to whang the ball over the fence.
- She heard him whang the door shut in anger.
- The drummer likes to whang the cymbal at the end of a song.
- He gave the old pipe a whang to loosen the blockage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHANG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHANG
7 longer words begin with WHANG.
Shorter words from the letters in WHANG
Common questions about WHANG
- Is WHANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHANG, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHANG worth?
- WHANG is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHANG mean?
- To strike something hard, producing a loud, resounding noise.
- What letters can be added to WHANG?
- WHANG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHANG:
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