INGO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. INGO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept INGO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INGO is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INGO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How INGO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in INGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does INGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
In Scots usage, entry into or the taking on of a new tenancy.
An ingo marked the formal moment a tenant took possession of a farm or dwelling under a new lease. The word could also carry the separate sense of a revelation, something newly brought to light.
How INGO is used
Found in older Scots legal and agricultural records rather than modern speech.
- The old lease recorded the tenant's ingo on the first day of spring.
- Villagers gathered to witness the farmer's ingo to the vacant croft.
- The steward noted the date of ingo in the estate ledger.
- She described the vision as an ingo, a sudden revelation of the truth.
- The new tenant's ingo marked the start of another season on the land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INGO
7 longer words begin with INGO.
Words ending in INGO
11 words end in INGO. Useful as a back hook: play INGO onto a word already on the board.
Words with INGO inside
Showing 24 of 66 words that contain INGO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with INGO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in INGO
Common questions about INGO
- Is INGO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and INGO is not in it.
- How many points is INGO worth?
- INGO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INGO mean?
- In Scots usage, entry into or the taking on of a new tenancy.
- What letters can be added to INGO?
- INGO takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of INGO:
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