ENGIRD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ENGIRD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENGIRD?
| 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 ENGIRD is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENGIRD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
engirdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENGIRD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENGIRD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about ENGIRD
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 ENGIRD mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To encircle or surround something completely, as with a belt or ring.
Engird describes wrapping fully around something, much as a girdle or belt wraps around a waist, and it survives today mainly in older and deliberately formal writing. A wall can engird a city, a river can engird an island, and the word always carries the sense of a complete, unbroken loop rather than a partial covering. It is closely related to gird and to the everyday word girdle, both built on the same old root.
How ENGIRD is used
Used almost exclusively in literary or archaic-sounding writing rather than in modern conversation.
- A high stone wall used to engird the entire old town.
- The river seems to engird the small island on every side.
- Old maps show how the forest once engirded the valley.
- The poem describes mountains that engird the sleeping village.
- A ring of torches was set to engird the courtyard at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENGIRD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENGIRD
The 6 tiles of ENGIRD in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ENGIRD
7 longer words begin with ENGIRD.
Shorter words from the letters in ENGIRD
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Common questions about ENGIRD
- Is ENGIRD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENGIRD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENGIRD worth?
- ENGIRD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENGIRD mean?
- To encircle or surround something completely, as with a belt or ring.
- What letters can be added to ENGIRD?
- ENGIRD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENGIRD:
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