DIG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIG?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIG is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
digsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does DIG mean in Scrabble?
verb
To break up and move earth.
Dig meaning to like something is American slang from the 1930s, and where it came from is genuinely disputed — the suggestions include Irish and Wolof. The archaeological sense is respectable, and the two share nothing beyond the spelling.
How DIG is used
Also a noun: a dig, meaning an excavation or a jibe.
- They dig for six weeks every summer and find pottery.
- A dig at somebody in a speech is never accidental.
- She is digging a trench nobody asked for.
- The slang sense of dig came out of the 1930s.
- Digging in clay after rain is a waste of an afternoon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIG
The 3 tiles of DIG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DIG
Showing 24 of 167 words that begin with DIG.
Words ending in DIG
1 words end in DIG. Useful as a back hook: play DIG onto a word already on the board.
Words with DIG inside
Showing 24 of 179 words that contain DIG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DIG
Common questions about DIG
- Is DIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIG, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIG worth?
- DIG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIG mean?
- To break up and move earth.
- What letters can be added to DIG?
- DIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DIG:
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