DIGGER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DIGGER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIGGER?
| 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 DIGGER is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIGGER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
diggersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIGGER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIGGER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does DIGGER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person, animal or machine that digs into the ground, such as a miner or an excavator.
The plainest sense is a worker with a spade or a mechanical digger on a building site, but the word reaches further. In Australia and New Zealand it became a friendly name for a soldier, especially one from the First World War. In English history the Diggers were also a small group of radicals in the seventeenth century who farmed common land together.
How DIGGER is used
Everyday word; the soldier sense is Australian and New Zealand.
- A yellow digger tore up the old road in a single morning.
- He worked as a gold digger in the hills for most of his youth.
- The terrier is a keen digger and ruins the flower beds.
- Every digger in the photograph wore a slouch hat.
- The digger scooped the clay into the waiting truck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIGGER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIGGER
The 6 tiles of DIGGER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DIGGER
1 longer words begin with DIGGER.
Shorter words from the letters in DIGGER
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Common questions about DIGGER
- Is DIGGER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIGGER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIGGER worth?
- DIGGER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIGGER mean?
- A person, animal or machine that digs into the ground, such as a miner or an excavator.
- What letters can be added to DIGGER?
- DIGGER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIGGER:
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