ENG is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ENG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENG?
| 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 ENG is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ENG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about ENG
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ENG mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The phonetic symbol for the sound at the end of sing.
Eng is the letter shaped like an n with a tail, and English uses the sound constantly while having no letter of its own for it. Several proposals to adopt one have been made over the centuries and every one has failed.
How ENG is used
Countable: an eng, two engs. Chiefly phonetics.
- The symbol eng stands for the last sound in sing.
- An eng looks like an n with a descender.
- English has the sound eng represents and no letter for it.
- Proposals to add an eng to the alphabet have all failed.
- Two engs in one transcription of a single word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENG
The 3 tiles of ENG in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ENG
Showing 24 of 191 words that begin with ENG.
Words ending in ENG
8 words end in ENG. Useful as a back hook: play ENG onto a word already on the board.
Words with ENG inside
Showing 24 of 286 words that contain ENG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ENG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ENG
Common questions about ENG
- Is ENG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENG, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENG worth?
- ENG is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENG mean?
- The phonetic symbol for the sound at the end of sing.
- What letters can be added to ENG?
- ENG takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ENG:
Open ENG in the Word Finder