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HANG
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
H
4
A
1
N
1
G
2
Σ
8
Definitions
Verb
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days"
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door"
- be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"
- be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
- be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"
- fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
- decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"
- let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"
- give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
- kill by hanging; "The murderer was hanged on Friday"
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
- be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
Noun
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat"
- a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word HANG
Yes, HANG is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 8 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
HANG is a 4-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 3 consonants.