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Is ague a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ague is a Scrabble US word. The word ague is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

A1G2U1E1

Is ague a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ague is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

A1G2U1E1

Is ague a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ague is a Words With Friends word. The word ague is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1G3U2E1

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4-letter words (1 found)

AGUE,

3-letter words (6 found)

AGE,AUE,EAU,GAE,GAU,GUE,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AG,EA,GU,UG,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from ague according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ague

ague gaue auge uage guae ugae ageu gaeu aegu eagu geau egau aueg uaeg aeug eaug ueag euag guea ugea geua egua uega euga

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ague. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ague.

Definitions and meaning of ague

ague

Etymology

From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”).

Doublet of acute.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: āʹgyo͞o, IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡju/

Noun

ague (countable and uncountable, plural agues)

  1. (obsolete) An acute fever.
  2. (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever
  4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
    • November 23, 1698, John Dryden, letter to Mrs Stewart
      I 'scap'd with one cold fit of an ague
  5. (obsolete) Malaria.

Usage notes

The pronunciation /ˈeɪɡ/ is a common pronunciation by people to whom this is a book word (a word one learns by reading and has never heard spoken). /ˈeɪ.ɡju/ is the standard pronunciation.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • acute

Translations

See also

  • fainaigue

Verb

ague (third-person singular simple present agues, present participle aguing, simple past and past participle agued)

  1. (transitive) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

Translations

Anagrams

  • gaue

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

ague

  1. feather
  2. fur

Possessed forms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

ague

  1. inflection of aguar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English agu, ague, from Middle French (fievre) aguë (“acute (fever)”). Cognate with English ague.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɡ(j)u/, /eˈɡ(j)u/

Noun

ague (plural agues)

  1. ague (acute fever)

References

  • “ague” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[1], 2016.

Source: wiktionary.org