HEDGEPIG is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HEDGEPIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEDGEPIG?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEDGEPIG is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEDGEPIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hedgepigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEDGEPIG scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HEDGEPIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEDGEPIG has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEDGEPIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectarchaic
A local country name for the hedgehog, especially a young one.
Hedgepig shows how rural speech named animals after what they looked like and where they lived: a pig-snouted creature of the hedge. You will hear it in old folk tales and dialect writing.
How HEDGEPIG is used
Hedgepig is dialectal and old-fashioned, found in folklore and nostalgic writing.
- A hedgepig snuffled along the garden wall.
- Grandfather called every hedgehog a hedgepig.
- The little hedgepig curled into a ball.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEDGEPIG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEDGEPIG
1 longer words begin with HEDGEPIG.
Shorter words from the letters in HEDGEPIG
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Common questions about HEDGEPIG
- Is HEDGEPIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEDGEPIG, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEDGEPIG worth?
- HEDGEPIG is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEDGEPIG mean?
- A local country name for the hedgehog, especially a young one.
- What letters can be added to HEDGEPIG?
- HEDGEPIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HEDGEPIG:
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