Is WOG a Scrabble word?
Yes, in one Scrabble list. WOG is valid in ENABLE and Collins, but not in NWL2023. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A non-white person, especially one of South Asian, Middle Eastern, or African descent.
Noun 3 meanings
A non-white person, especially one of South Asian, Middle Eastern, or African descent.
Someone of Mediterranean descent, such as an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lebanese, Greek, or Maltese person.
A person who is not a Scientologist.
Verb 1 meaning
To steal.
Etymology
The origins are not entirely clear.C. Bowen in 1929, in his Sea Slang: a dictionary of the old-timers’ expressions and epithets, where he defines wogs as "lower class Babu shipping clerks on the Indian coast.
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WOG at a glance
WOG has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (W 4 + O 1 + G 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #81,786 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -WOG
More endings- GOLLIWOG13
- POLLYWOG17
- POLLIWOG14
- GOLLYWOG16
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