Yes. ZAG is a valid word.
ZAG is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ZAG 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 ZAG
ZAG means to turn sharply, the second half of zigzag; its forms include ZAGGED, ZAGGING and ZAGS, and ZIG is valid too. ZAG puts the Z at the start of a short word with an A and a 2-point G.
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ZAG scores 13 points
Before any bonus squares: Z 10 + A 1 + G 2 = 13. On a double-word square that's 26, on a triple-word 39, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: ZAG as the first play
Later in the game, put the Z on a 3L square and ZAG is worth 33 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After ZAG (1):
- ZAGSform of ZAG: an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from ZAG
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of ZAG 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
- JAGto cut unevenly
- 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
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
ZAG is a sharp turn, as in zig and zag. Both ZIG and ZAG are valid.
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Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
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.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.