Unscramble SAAGS and you have 15 words, SAAGS itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 6 points: SAGAS. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 5 points, SAGA, SAGS and AGAS among them. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SAAGS by length: 2 with 5 letters, 4 with 4, 6 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of SAAGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with SA · ending in GS · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SAGAS (6 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SAAGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAAGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 15) | 13 | 15 | 12 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
2 of the 15 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAAGS and SAAG. 1 of the 15 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: AGS.
These 4 words take every letter of SAAGS plus a single extra one.