SAIGA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SAIGA 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 SAIGA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAIGA is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAIGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saigasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAIGA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAIGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does SAIGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A migratory antelope of the Central Asian steppes, recognisable by its unusually large, drooping, tubular nose.
The saiga lives in herds across the cold, open grasslands of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and neighbouring regions, moving long distances each year in search of grazing. Its most striking feature is a large, flexible nose that hangs over the mouth, thought to warm and filter the dry, dusty air the animal breathes. Numbers of the saiga have fallen sharply because of hunting for its horns and repeated disease outbreaks, making it a focus of international conservation efforts. Males carry a pair of pale, ridged horns that are prized in some traditional medicine, adding further pressure on the species.
How SAIGA is used
A specialist zoological term, used chiefly in writing about Central Asian wildlife and conservation.
- A herd of saiga crossed the steppe just before dawn.
- Conservationists tracked the migrating saiga using satellite collars.
- The saiga's odd nose helps it survive the region's freezing winters.
- Poaching for horns has pushed the saiga toward endangered status.
- Photographers waited for hours to capture a saiga grazing on the plain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAIGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAIGA
The 5 tiles of SAIGA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAIGA
1 longer words begin with SAIGA.
Shorter words from the letters in SAIGA
Common questions about SAIGA
- Is SAIGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAIGA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAIGA worth?
- SAIGA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAIGA mean?
- A migratory antelope of the Central Asian steppes, recognisable by its unusually large, drooping, tubular nose.
- What letters can be added to SAIGA?
- SAIGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAIGA:
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