PIG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PIG 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 PIG?
| 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 PIG is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does PIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A domesticated animal with a broad snout, kept for meat.
The pig has an English name and the meat from it a French one, and the same split runs through cow and beef, sheep and mutton. That is the Norman conquest still visible on a menu nine hundred years later.
How PIG is used
Countable: a pig, two pigs.
- The pig got out and was three fields away by dawn.
- A pig will eat anything and remember who fed it.
- The animal is a pig and the meat is pork.
- Two pigs in a small yard will dig it to nothing.
- A pig is cleaner than its reputation allows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIG
The 3 tiles of PIG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PIG
Showing 24 of 134 words that begin with PIG.
Words ending in PIG
2 words end in PIG. Useful as a back hook: play PIG onto a word already on the board.
Words with PIG inside
Showing 24 of 161 words that contain PIG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PIG
Common questions about PIG
- Is PIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIG worth?
- PIG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIG mean?
- A domesticated animal with a broad snout, kept for meat.
- What letters can be added to PIG?
- PIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PIG:
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