LAIGH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LAIGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAIGH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAIGH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAIGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
laighsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAIGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAIGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does LAIGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A Scots word for a stretch of low-lying ground, especially a hollow or shallow valley.
A laigh often marks low, damp ground between hills where water collects after rain, and older Scottish place names sometimes preserve the word for exactly that kind of hollow. Farmers used the laigh as pasture in dry spells because the grass there stayed greener longer than on the surrounding higher ground. The same root gives Scots the adjective laich, meaning low, so the two forms share one origin.
How LAIGH is used
Laigh belongs to Scots vocabulary and turns up in place names and older written Scots rather than in standard English.
- Mist gathered in the laigh long after the hills above had cleared.
- The old farmhouse sits just above the laigh, safe from winter floods.
- Sheep were driven down into the laigh whenever the weather turned dry.
- Local maps still mark the boggy laigh south of the village.
- Water from the burn collects in the laigh before draining slowly away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAIGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAIGH
3 longer words begin with LAIGH.
Shorter words from the letters in LAIGH
Common questions about LAIGH
- Is LAIGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAIGH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAIGH worth?
- LAIGH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAIGH mean?
- A Scots word for a stretch of low-lying ground, especially a hollow or shallow valley.
- What letters can be added to LAIGH?
- LAIGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAIGH:
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