EXIGUOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. EXIGUOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXIGUOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXIGUOUS is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXIGUOUS
No single letter turns EXIGUOUS into another word.
How EXIGUOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EXIGUOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXIGUOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXIGUOUS
- EXIGUOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EXIGUOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Very small in size or amount; barely enough.
Exiguous suggests something so scanty that it hardly counts, like a tiny salary or a thin supply. It is a literary choice for meagre things.
How EXIGUOUS is used
Used in formal or literary writing about money, supplies or space.
- They lived on an exiguous income.
- The exiguous supplies would not last the winter.
- An exiguous strip of land lay between the road and the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXIGUOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXIGUOUS
3 longer words begin with EXIGUOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in EXIGUOUS
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Common questions about EXIGUOUS
- Is EXIGUOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXIGUOUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXIGUOUS worth?
- EXIGUOUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXIGUOUS mean?
- Very small in size or amount; barely enough.
- What letters can be added to EXIGUOUS?
- No single letter can be added to EXIGUOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EXIGUOUS:
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