JIG is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. JIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JIG?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JIG is to know. It scores 11 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JIG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,989.
What does JIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lively dance in triple time, or a device that guides a tool.
The two senses are unrelated and both are old. A workshop jig is what makes twenty identical pieces possible: it holds the work and steers the cutter, so the skill moves out of the hand and into the fixture. The dance survives in Ireland and in the phrase about the jig being up.
How JIG is used
Countable: a jig, two jigs. Also a verb in both senses.
- He built a jig and cut forty of them the same.
- The band played a jig and half the room stood up.
- A jig costs an afternoon and saves a week.
- The jig is up, as the old phrase has it.
- Without a jig every one of them would be slightly different.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JIG
Showing 24 of 43 words that begin with JIG.
Words ending in JIG
5 words end in JIG. Useful as a back hook: play JIG onto a word already on the board.
Words with JIG inside
13 words contain JIG in the middle. Words that start with JIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JIG
Common questions about JIG
- Is JIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JIG, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JIG worth?
- JIG is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIG mean?
- A lively dance in triple time, or a device that guides a tool.
- What letters can be added to JIG?
- JIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JIG:
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