Yes. AGUE is a valid word.
AGUE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AGUE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AGUE
AGUE is an old name for a fever with bouts of chills and shivering, especially malaria; its plural is AGUES. It appears in Shakespeare and old medical writing. AGUE clears an A, a U and an E, and the U is often the hardest vowel to place. Remember it as the shaking fever: a rack full of vowels can feel like an ague, and AGUE cures it. Before malaria was understood, people blamed agues on the damp night air near swamps. In play, AGUE also helps when the G is the only consonant you hold.
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AGUE scores 5 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + G 2 + U 1 + E 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AGUE as the first play
Later in the game, put the G on a 3L square and AGUE is worth 9 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from AGUE
Other forms of AGUE (4):
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AGUE and these are still words:
- AGEEto one side
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, G, U and E.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
AGUE + D
AGUE + G
- GAUGEjudge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
AGUE + N
- GENUAform of GENU: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
AGUE + R
AGUE + T
AGUE + V
- VAGUEnot clearly expressed or understood
AGUE + Z
- GAUZE(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
Memory tip
AGUE is an old word for a fever with chills, often from malaria. Ague makes you shake.
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