ago: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 4 letter points · starts with A · ends with O
Meaning of ago
postp
Before now, before the present time
Example: I got married ten years ago.
Listed forms: agoe, agon, agone, ygo, ygoe.
Source: Wiktionary — ago.
adj
- archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
- archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
Nearly gone; dead. (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)
Example: Woe the day—she is agone!
Listed forms: agoe, agon, agone, ygo, ygoe.
Source: Wiktionary — ago.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ago.
adjective
gone by; or in the past
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ago in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ago
A(1) + G(2) + O(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ago
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from ago
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ago. Showing up to 24, longest first.