/hæɡ/
nounverb

Is HAG a Scrabble word?

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

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.

  2. A fury; a she-monster.

  3. A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.

  4. A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To cut or erode (as) a hag (a hollow into moorland).

  2. To harass; to weary with vexation.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English hagge, hegge (“demon, old woman”), shortening of Old English hægtesse, hægtes (“harpy, witch”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Häkse (“witch”), Dutch heks, German Hexe (“witch”). Doublet of hex.

Similar and opposite words

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HAG at a glance

HAG has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (H 4 + A 1 + G 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #29,223 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HAG

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

  • SHAG8
  • NURHAG10

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