GIG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIG?
| 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 GIG is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,989.
What stands out about GIG
- GIG is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A live performance by a musician or band.
Gig meant a light two-wheeled carriage long before it meant a booking, and jazz musicians took the word in the 1920s for reasons nobody wrote down. The gig economy borrowed it back in the 2000s, and the sense of temporary work came with it.
How GIG is used
Countable: a gig, two gigs. Also a verb.
- The gig was cancelled an hour before the doors opened.
- A gig on a Tuesday pays less than one on a Friday.
- The word gig once meant a light carriage.
- Two gigs in one night is a long drive between them.
- They have been gigging in the same three pubs for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GIG
The 3 tiles of GIG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GIG
Showing 24 of 70 words that begin with GIG.
Words ending in GIG
5 words end in GIG. Useful as a back hook: play GIG onto a word already on the board.
Words with GIG inside
7 words contain GIG in the middle. Words that start with GIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GIG
Common questions about GIG
- Is GIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIG, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIG worth?
- GIG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIG mean?
- A live performance by a musician or band.
- What letters can be added to GIG?
- GIG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GIG:
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