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Is again a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word again is a Scrabble US word. The word again is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is again a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word again is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Yes. The word again is a Words With Friends word. The word again is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

AGAIN,AINGA,

4-letter words (6 found)

AGIN,AIGA,ANGA,GAIN,NAGA,NGAI,

3-letter words (9 found)

AGA,AIA,AIN,ANA,ANI,GAN,GIN,ING,NAG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AG,AI,AN,GI,IN,NA,

You can make 24 words from again according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of again

again gaain aagin aagin gaain again agian gaian aigan iagan giaan igaan aaign aaign aiagn iaagn aiagn iaagn gaian agian giaan igaan aigan iagan agani gaani aagni aagni gaani agani agnai ganai angai nagai gnaai ngaai aangi aangi anagi naagi anagi naagi ganai agnai gnaai ngaai angai nagai agina gaina aigna iagna giana igana agnia gania angia nagia gnaia ngaia ainga ianga aniga naiga inaga niaga ginaa ignaa gniaa ngiaa ingaa nigaa aaing aaing aiang iaang aiang iaang aanig aanig anaig naaig anaig naaig ainag ianag aniag naiag inaag niaag ainag ianag aniag naiag inaag niaag gaina agina giana igana aigna iagna gania agnia gnaia ngaia angia nagia ginaa ignaa gniaa ngiaa ingaa nigaa ainga ianga aniga naiga inaga niaga

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Definitions and meaning of again

again

Alternative forms

  • agen, againe, agayne, ageyne (all obsolete)
  • agin, ag'in (colloquial, dialectal or humorous)
  • 'gain (colloquial, dialectal or poetic)

Etymology

From Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Cognate with Old Frisian ajēn (whence North Frisian ijen (“against”)), Old Saxon angegin, Danish igen (“again”), Swedish igen (“again”), and Norwegian Bokmål igjen (“again”). By surface analysis, on- +‎ gain (“against”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɡɛn/, /əˈɡeɪn/
  • (regional US, pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [əˈɡɪn]
  • Rhymes: -eɪn, -ɛn
  • Hyphenation: a‧gain

Adverb

again (not comparable)

  1. Another time; once more. [from 14thc.]
    • 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
      He tangled in tree-tops again and again / And barely missed hitting a tri-motored plane.
    • 1979, Charles Edward Daniels et al., “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (song), Million Mile Reflections, Charlie Daniels Band, Epic Records:
      Johnny said, “Devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again / I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I’m the best that’s ever been.”
  2. Over and above a factor of one. [from 16thc.]
  3. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]
    1. Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
    2. I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
    3. Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
  4. (obsolete) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point. [10th–18thc.]
  5. Back (to a former place or state). [from 11thc.]
  6. (obsolete) In return, as a reciprocal action; back. [13th–19thc.]
  7. (obsolete) In any other place.
  8. (obsolete) On the other hand.
  9. Moreover; besides; further.

Synonyms

  • (once more): once more, re-, ana-

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Translations

Preposition

again

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Against.
    • 2003, Glasgow Sunday Herald, page 16, column 2:
      You may think you are all on the same side, agin the government.

References

Anagrams

  • AAing, Gaian, Ganai, Giana, Nagai

Scots

Alternative forms

  • agen, agin, agane, agayne, agyen
  • agean (southern)

Etymology

From Middle English agayn, again, ayain, ayen, anȝen, from Old English āġēan, onġēan, onġeġn (“towards, against, opposite to, contrary to, against, in exchange for, opposite, back, again, anew, also”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɡen/, /əˈɡɛn/, /əˈɡɪn/
  • (southern) IPA(key): /əˈɡɪən/

Adverb

again

  1. back, in the opposite direction
  2. again, anew

Preposition

again

  1. opposite, facing
  2. against, opposed to (literally or figuratively)

Conjunction

again

  1. In preparation for, in advance of

References

  • “again, adv., prep., conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Source: wiktionary.org