RIGOR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RIGOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIGOR?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIGOR is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIGOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rigorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIGOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RIGOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,237.
What stands out about RIGOR
- RIGOR begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RIGOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Great strictness, severity, or exactness, especially in enforcing rules, standards, or discipline.
Rigor describes an unyielding firmness that allows for no exception, whether in the discipline of a legal system, the exactness demanded by scientific method, or the harsh conditions of a season or climate. The same word names a sudden episode of shivering and muscle stiffness that can accompany a high fever, a meaning still used in medicine. In the fixed compound rigor mortis it labels the stiffening of the body that sets in after death. Writers who speak of intellectual rigor mean thinking carried out with careful, exacting standards rather than loose or sloppy method.
How RIGOR is used
Common in general, scientific, legal and medical writing wherever strict exactness or physical stiffness is meant; the American spelling of the British rigour.
- The judge applied the law with unusual rigor, allowing no excuses.
- Years of academic rigor prepared her for the toughest exams.
- A sudden rigor left the patient shaking under the blankets.
- Investigators studied the case with scientific rigor before drawing any conclusion.
- Rigor mortis had already begun to set in by the time help arrived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIGOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RIGOR
10 longer words begin with RIGOR.
Words with RIGOR inside
3 words contain RIGOR in the middle. Words that start with RIGOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIGOR
Common questions about RIGOR
- Is RIGOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIGOR, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIGOR worth?
- RIGOR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIGOR mean?
- Great strictness, severity, or exactness, especially in enforcing rules, standards, or discipline.
- What letters can be added to RIGOR?
- RIGOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RIGOR:
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