EGG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. EGG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EGG?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EGG is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EGG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EGG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EGG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does EGG mean in Scrabble?
noun
An oval object laid by a bird.
Egg came from Old Norse and drove out the native English form, and for a while both were current: Caxton complained in 1490 that he did not know which of the two to print. The Norse one won, and nobody now remembers the other.
How EGG is used
Countable: an egg, two eggs.
- An egg boiled for four minutes and not a second more.
- The word egg came from Old Norse.
- Two eggs and whatever is left in the fridge.
- Caxton could not decide how to print egg in 1490.
- The eggs are collected twice a day in summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EGG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EGG
Showing 24 of 41 words that begin with EGG.
Words ending in EGG
4 words end in EGG. Useful as a back hook: play EGG onto a word already on the board.
Words with EGG inside
Showing 24 of 163 words that contain EGG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EGG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about EGG
- Is EGG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EGG, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EGG worth?
- EGG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EGG mean?
- An oval object laid by a bird.
- What letters can be added to EGG?
- EGG takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EGG:
Open EGG in the Word Finder