DEG is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. DEG is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DEG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEG is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DEG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does DEG mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectBritish
To water something, especially a plant, seedling or patch of ground.
Deg is a northern English dialect verb: a gardener or farm worker who said they would deg the rows meant they would go along with a can or hose and give the plants a drink. The word survives in rural speech and in older gardening writing rather than in standard English.
How DEG is used
Dialect; heard in northern English rural speech rather than in standard English.
- She went out to deg the tomatoes before the sun grew too hot.
- He asked the boy to deg the flowerbeds every evening.
- In the old dialect, farmers would deg the seedlings by hand.
- Grandmother still says deg instead of water when she tends her garden.
- The gardener would deg each row along the greenhouse floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEG
The 3 tiles of DEG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEG
Showing 24 of 146 words that begin with DEG.
Words with DEG inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain DEG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DEG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEG
Common questions about DEG
- Is DEG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DEG is not in it.
- How many points is DEG worth?
- DEG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEG mean?
- To water something, especially a plant, seedling or patch of ground.
- What letters can be added to DEG?
- DEG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DEG:
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