Yes. JAG is a valid word.
JAG is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
JAG 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 JAG
JAG is a sharp, projecting point, like the edge of broken glass, and it also means a bout or spree, as in a crying jag; as a verb it means to cut unevenly, giving JAGGED. Its plural is JAGS. JAG puts the J with an A and a 2-point G. Remember both meanings by picturing a jagged rock and someone having a laughing jag beside it.
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JAG scores 11 points
Before any bonus squares: J 8 + A 1 + G 2 = 11. On a double-word square that's 22, on a triple-word 33, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: JAG as the first play
Later in the game, put the J on a 3L square and JAG is worth 27 before any word bonus.
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Longer words from JAG
Other forms of JAG (3):
Words that start with JAG:
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Swap any one letter of JAG and these are still words:
- BAGa flexible container with a single opening
- DAG10 grams
- GAGa humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- HAGan ugly evil-looking old woman
- LAGhang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- MAGa periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- NAGbother persistently with trivial complaints
- RAGa small piece of cloth or paper
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
JAG is a sharp, jagged point, and also a spree, as in a crying jag. Add an S for JAGS.
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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