KLIEG is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. KLIEG is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept KLIEG?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KLIEG is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KLIEG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kliegsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KLIEG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KLIEG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does KLIEG mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A powerful arc lamp that gives out an intense, even light, used chiefly for lighting film and television sets.
A klieg is built around a carbon arc rather than an ordinary filament, which lets it flood a whole set with steady, shadow-free light. Studios adopted the klieg early in the twentieth century because ordinary bulbs of the time were too weak and too warm in colour for film stock. Actors working for long hours under a bank of klieg lamps sometimes suffered a mild eye irritation that crews nicknamed klieg eye. The word survives mainly in the fixed phrase klieg light, though klieg alone still names the lamp itself.
How KLIEG is used
Technical, chiefly American; almost always seen in the compound klieg light.
- A row of klieg lamps lit the whole soundstage at once.
- The director asked for one more klieg to fill the shadows.
- Under the klieg lights the makeup had to survive real heat.
- Older studios wired their klieg units straight into a generator truck.
- She squinted for a while after hours under the klieg glare.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KLIEG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KLIEG
The 5 tiles of KLIEG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KLIEG
1 longer words begin with KLIEG.
Shorter words from the letters in KLIEG
Common questions about KLIEG
- Is KLIEG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KLIEG is not in it.
- How many points is KLIEG worth?
- KLIEG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KLIEG mean?
- A powerful arc lamp that gives out an intense, even light, used chiefly for lighting film and television sets.
- What letters can be added to KLIEG?
- KLIEG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KLIEG:
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