bag: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with B · ends with G
Meaning of bag
noun
- countable, uncountable
A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- countable, uncountable
A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.
- colloquial, countable, uncountable
One's preference.
Example: Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
- countable, derogatory, uncountable
An ugly woman.
Listed forms: bags.
Source: Wiktionary — bag.
verb
- transitive
To put into a bag.
- informal, transitive
To take with oneself, to assume into one's score To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
Example: We bagged three deer yesterday.
- transitive
To take with oneself, to assume into one's score To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- slang, transitive
To take with oneself, to assume into one's score To steal.
Listed forms: bags, bagging, bagged.
Source: Wiktionary — bag.
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 bag.
noun
a place that the runner must touch before scoring
noun
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
noun
the quantity that a bag will hold
noun
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bag in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bag
B(3) + A(1) + G(2) = 6 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 bag
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from bag
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bag. Showing up to 24, longest first.