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Is spang a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spang is a Scrabble US word. The word spang is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1P3A1N1G2

Is spang a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spang is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1P3A1N1G2

Is spang a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spang is a Words With Friends word. The word spang is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

PANGS,SPANG,

4-letter words (12 found)

GANS,GAPS,GASP,NAGS,NAPS,PANG,PANS,SANG,SNAG,SNAP,SPAG,SPAN,

3-letter words (15 found)

AGS,ANS,ASP,GAN,GAP,GAS,NAG,NAP,NAS,PAN,PAS,SAG,SAN,SAP,SPA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AG,AN,AS,NA,PA,

You can make 34 words from spang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spang

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Definitions and meaning of spang

spang

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spæŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”).

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Noun

spang (plural spangs)

  2. (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
Derived terms
  • spangle

Verb

spang (third-person singular simple present spangs, present participle spanging, simple past and past participle spanged)

  1. To set with bright points: star or spangle.
  2. To hitch; fasten.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

spang (third-person singular simple present spangs, present participle spanging, simple past and past participle spanged)

  1. (intransitive, of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report

Adverb

spang (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Cognate with Scots spang, and possibly related to English spank.

Verb

spang (third-person singular simple present spangs, present participle spanging, simple past and past participle spanged)

  1. (intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To leap; spring.
    • a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde
      But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.
  2. (transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.

Noun

spang (plural spangs)

  1. (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.

Etymology 4

See span

Noun

spang (plural spangs)

  1. (Scotland) A span.

References

  • “spang”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “spang”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Pangs, pangs

Source: wiktionary.org