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nounverb

Is GAG a Scrabble word?

Yes. GAG is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

  2. A joke or mischievous prank.

  3. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract, caused by the gag reflex.

  4. Any member of the species Mycteroperca microlepis of groupers.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To experience the vomiting reflex.

    “He gagged when he saw the open wound.”

  2. To cause to heave with nausea.

  3. To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.

  4. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: gag via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

The noun is from Early Modern English gagge; the verb is from Middle English gaggen. Possibly imitative or perhaps related to or influenced by Old Norse gag-háls ("with head thrown backwards"; > Norwegian dialectal gaga (“bent backwards”)). The intransitive sense "to retch" is from 1707.

GAG at a glance

GAG has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (G 2 + A 1 + G 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #12,232 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -GAG

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Same last three letters as GAG. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

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  • UNGAG7
  • LALLYGAG13

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