BIGAMY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIGAMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIGAMY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIGAMY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIGAMY
No single letter turns BIGAMY into another word.
How BIGAMY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BIGAMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613,196.
What does BIGAMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The offence of going through a marriage ceremony while still lawfully married to someone else.
Bigamy is a crime in most countries because a person can have only one legal spouse at a time. The word comes from Latin and Greek roots meaning "two marriages", and it has long been a favourite plot device in Victorian novels. It differs from polygamy, which describes a settled custom of having several spouses rather than a single illegal second wedding.
How BIGAMY is used
Used in law, news reports and fiction; the person who commits it is a bigamist.
- He was charged with bigamy after the second wedding came to light.
- The novel turns on a secret bigamy that the heroine discovers too late.
- Under the old statute, bigamy carried a prison sentence.
- Her lawyer argued that the first marriage had already ended, so there was no bigamy.
- A forged certificate was the only proof of the alleged bigamy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIGAMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BIGAMY
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Common questions about BIGAMY
- Is BIGAMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIGAMY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIGAMY worth?
- BIGAMY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIGAMY mean?
- The offence of going through a marriage ceremony while still lawfully married to someone else.
- What letters can be added to BIGAMY?
- No single letter can be added to BIGAMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BIGAMY:
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