ERG is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ERG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERG?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERG is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ERG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about ERG
- 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 ERG mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of work in the older metric system.
The erg is tiny — roughly the energy a mosquito uses taking off — which is why the joule replaced it. It comes from the Greek for work, the same root that gives energy and, less obviously, surgeon.
How ERG is used
Countable: an erg, two ergs. Largely superseded.
- Ten million ergs make one joule.
- An erg is about what a mosquito spends taking off.
- The word erg is Greek for work.
- Older physics papers give figures in ergs.
- Two ergs is not a quantity anybody needs to imagine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERG
The 3 tiles of ERG in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ERG
Showing 24 of 70 words that begin with ERG.
Words ending in ERG
9 words end in ERG. Useful as a back hook: play ERG onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERG inside
Showing 24 of 724 words that contain ERG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERG
Common questions about ERG
- Is ERG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERG, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERG worth?
- ERG is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERG mean?
- A unit of work in the older metric system.
- What letters can be added to ERG?
- ERG takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ERG:
Open ERG in the Word Finder