FRIG is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FRIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRIG?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRIG is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
frigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRIG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FRIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does FRIG mean in Scrabble?
verb
offensiveBritish
To masturbate; also used in a weakened sense as a milder stand-in for a stronger swear word.
Frig is old, and it began mildly: for centuries it meant to rub or chafe, and only later narrowed to the sexual sense. Most people today meet the weakened use instead, where frigging and frig off stand in for the word that begins with the same letter and is one step stronger. That softening is why broadcasters treat it as borderline rather than banned, and why the same line can pass in one country and be cut in another.
How FRIG is used
Coarse in the literal sense, impolite rather than shocking in the weakened one. The form frigging is far commoner in print than the plain verb.
- The editor replaced frig with a milder verb in the American edition.
- Broadcasting guidelines place frig well below the word it stands in for.
- A footnote explains that frig once meant nothing more than to rub.
- The tribunal heard that frigging had been used as an intensifier, not an insult.
- Style guides disagree about whether frig may be printed in full.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FRIG
Showing 24 of 42 words that begin with FRIG.
Words with FRIG inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain FRIG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FRIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FRIG
Common questions about FRIG
- Is FRIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRIG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRIG worth?
- FRIG is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRIG mean?
- To masturbate; also used in a weakened sense as a milder stand-in for a stronger swear word.
- What letters can be added to FRIG?
- FRIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FRIG:
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