DIGS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DIGS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIGS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIGS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIGS
No single letter turns DIGS into another word.
How DIGS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DIGS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does DIGS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
Rented lodgings or a rented room, especially where a single tenant lives.
When someone in Britain talks about their digs, they mean the room or flat they are renting, often as a student or a worker away from home, rather than a place they own. The word is normally used in the plural even when it refers to a single room, and it is distinct from the everyday verb dig, meaning to make a hole.
How DIGS is used
Informal British usage; an American speaker would more likely say a rented room or an apartment.
- He found cheap digs near the university before term started.
- Her digs were small, but the landlady was kind.
- They shared digs with two other students in their first year.
- Moving into new digs in a strange city can be lonely at first.
- The band spent the tour sleeping in cheap digs above pubs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIGS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIGS
The 4 tiles of DIGS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in DIGS
1 words end in DIGS. Useful as a back hook: play DIGS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DIGS
Common questions about DIGS
- Is DIGS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIGS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIGS worth?
- DIGS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIGS mean?
- Rented lodgings or a rented room, especially where a single tenant lives.
- What letters can be added to DIGS?
- No single letter can be added to DIGS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DIGS:
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