PEG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PEG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEG?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEG is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PEG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does PEG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short pin or bolt used to fasten or hang things.
Peg gave English several idioms that have outlived the object: taking somebody down a peg comes from a system of them on a ship's colours, and a square peg in a round hole is older than the modern phrase about fitting in. Both are seventeenth-century.
How PEG is used
Countable: a peg, two pegs. Also a verb.
- The peg came out of the wall with the coat still on it.
- That took him down a peg and did him good.
- A square peg in a round hole is a very old phrase.
- They pegged the tent down and it went anyway.
- Two pegs and a line is the whole of the equipment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEG
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with PEG.
Words ending in PEG
4 words end in PEG. Useful as a back hook: play PEG onto a word already on the board.
Words with PEG inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain PEG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PEG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PEG
Common questions about PEG
- Is PEG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEG worth?
- PEG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEG mean?
- A short pin or bolt used to fasten or hang things.
- What letters can be added to PEG?
- PEG takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PEG:
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