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PANGS

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What PANGS Means

PANGS is a form of PANG, which means:

  1. noun: a sudden sharp feeling“pangs of regret”
  2. noun: a mental pain or distress“a pang of conscience”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PANGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 N1 G2 S1.

Anagrams of PANGS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In PANGS

32 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing PANGS

PANGS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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