BAGWIG is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BAGWIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAGWIG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAGWIG is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAGWIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bagwigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAGWIG scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BAGWIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,226 thousand.
What does BAGWIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A powdered wig of the eighteenth century whose long back hair was gathered into a small silk pouch.
The bagwig was a fashionable item for gentlemen in the middle of the eighteenth century, and its silk pouch kept the hair and powder from soiling the collar of a coat. It was a neater, more practical style than the huge full-bottomed wigs of the generation before. Portraits and costume dramas of the Georgian period often show a bagwig tied with a black ribbon at the nape of the neck.
How BAGWIG is used
A historical term, found in writing about dress and in fiction set in the eighteenth century.
- The portrait showed a merchant in a powdered bagwig and a plum-coloured coat.
- He bought a new bagwig for the assembly and had it dressed with fresh powder.
- A black ribbon held the silk pouch of the bagwig neatly against his collar.
- In the costume museum, a bagwig sat on a stand beside an embroidered waistcoat.
- The actor looked every inch a Georgian gentleman in his bagwig and buckled shoes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAGWIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAGWIG
1 longer words begin with BAGWIG.
Shorter words from the letters in BAGWIG
Common questions about BAGWIG
- Is BAGWIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAGWIG, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAGWIG worth?
- BAGWIG is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAGWIG mean?
- A powdered wig of the eighteenth century whose long back hair was gathered into a small silk pouch.
- What letters can be added to BAGWIG?
- BAGWIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BAGWIG:
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