GIGA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GIGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGA?
| 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 GIGA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gigasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIGA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GIGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,137.
What does GIGA mean in Scrabble?
other
technical
A combining form meaning one billion, used to build units such as gigabyte and gigawatt.
Giga never stands alone as an ordinary word. Instead it attaches to a unit to multiply it by one billion, so a gigabyte is a billion bytes and a gigawatt a billion watts, following the same pattern as kilo for a thousand and mega for a million.
How GIGA is used
Technical; occurs only as part of compound scientific and computing terms.
- The prefix giga means a billion and turns a byte into a gigabyte.
- Engineers use giga to describe frequencies in the billions of cycles per second.
- A processor rated in giga cycles performs billions of operations each second.
- Giga multiplies a base unit by one thousand million.
- The table listed units from kilo up through giga and beyond.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GIGA
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with GIGA.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGA
Common questions about GIGA
- Is GIGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGA worth?
- GIGA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGA mean?
- A combining form meaning one billion, used to build units such as gigabyte and gigawatt.
- What letters can be added to GIGA?
- GIGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GIGA:
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