SEGO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SEGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEGO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEGO is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEGO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEGO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SEGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about SEGO
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyNorth American
A lily of the western United States with a green-and-white bell-shaped flower and an edible bulb, also known as the sego lily.
The sego takes its name from a Ute word for the plant, and its starchy bulb was an important food for Native Americans and for early Mormon settlers during times of hardship in Utah. It later became the official state flower of Utah, and it still grows wild across dry, open ground in the western states.
How SEGO is used
Used mainly in botanical writing and in discussions of Utah history and symbolism.
- The hillside was scattered with wild sego blooming after the spring rain.
- Early settlers dug up the sego bulb to survive a difficult winter.
- Utah chose the sego as its official state flower.
- Hikers were asked not to pick the protected sego along the trail.
- The botanist photographed a rare white variety of sego near the canyon.
botanyNorth American
A lily of the western United States with a green-and-white bell-shaped flower and an edible bulb, also known as the sego lily.
The sego takes its name from a Ute word for the plant, and its starchy bulb was an important food for Native Americans and for early Mormon settlers during times of hardship in Utah. It later became the official state flower of Utah, and it still grows wild across dry, open ground in the western states.
How SEGO is used
Used mainly in botanical writing and in discussions of Utah history and symbolism.
- The hillside was scattered with wild sego blooming after the spring rain.
- Early settlers dug up the sego bulb to survive a difficult winter.
- Utah chose the sego as its official state flower.
- Hikers were asked not to pick the protected sego along the trail.
- The botanist photographed a rare white variety of sego near the canyon.
Written for this site: 2 meanings of SEGO and 10 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEGO
The 4 tiles of SEGO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SEGO
5 longer words begin with SEGO.
Words with SEGO inside
6 words contain SEGO in the middle. Words that start with SEGO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEGO
Common questions about SEGO
- Is SEGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEGO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEGO worth?
- SEGO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEGO mean?
- A lily of the western United States with a green-and-white bell-shaped flower and an edible bulb, also known as the sego lily.
- What letters can be added to SEGO?
- SEGO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SEGO:
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