PERIWIGGED is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PERIWIGGED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIWIGGED?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIWIGGED is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIWIGGED
No single letter turns PERIWIGGED into another word.
How PERIWIGGED scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERIWIGGED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIWIGGED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIWIGGED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Wearing a periwig, the long curled wig fashionable among men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Periwigged figures fill portraits of judges, courtiers and gentlemen from the age of powdered hair. Writers also use periwigged jokingly for anyone who looks stiffly formal.
How PERIWIGGED is used
Used in historical description and in light humour.
- The periwigged judge peered over his spectacles.
- A periwigged gentleman stared out of the portrait.
- The play was full of periwigged lords and sharp-tongued ladies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIWIGGED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIWIGGED
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Common questions about PERIWIGGED
- Is PERIWIGGED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIWIGGED, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIWIGGED worth?
- PERIWIGGED is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIWIGGED mean?
- Wearing a periwig, the long curled wig fashionable among men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
- What letters can be added to PERIWIGGED?
- No single letter can be added to PERIWIGGED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERIWIGGED:
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