LINGO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LINGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LINGO?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LINGO is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LINGO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LINGO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LINGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does LINGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The distinctive vocabulary or jargon of a particular group, trade, or subject, or loosely, any unfamiliar language.
Lingo is an informal way of talking about language, and it can mean either a foreign tongue that sounds strange to the listener or the specialised vocabulary used within one trade, hobby, or social group. Sailors, computer programmers, and gamblers all have their own lingo, built from words and phrases that mean little to outsiders but carry precise meaning within the group. Because lingo is casual in tone, it rarely appears in formal writing, where words such as terminology, jargon, or dialect are preferred instead. The word itself likely comes from the Latin lingua, meaning tongue, filtered through informal English speech rather than scholarly borrowing.
How LINGO is used
Informal; used casually about jargon or a foreign tongue, rarely in careful or formal writing.
- It took weeks to learn the lingo of the trading floor.
- The tour guide picked up some local lingo quickly.
- Sailors use their own lingo for weather and tides.
- She could not follow the technical lingo of the engineers.
- He picked up a bit of the lingo while backpacking abroad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LINGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LINGO
The 5 tiles of LINGO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LINGO
6 longer words begin with LINGO.
Words ending in LINGO
2 words end in LINGO. Useful as a back hook: play LINGO onto a word already on the board.
Words with LINGO inside
2 words contain LINGO in the middle. Words that start with LINGO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LINGO
Common questions about LINGO
- Is LINGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LINGO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LINGO worth?
- LINGO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LINGO mean?
- The distinctive vocabulary or jargon of a particular group, trade, or subject, or loosely, any unfamiliar language.
- What letters can be added to LINGO?
- LINGO takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LINGO:
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