SEGS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SEGS 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 SEGS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEGS is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEGS
No single letter turns SEGS into another word.
How SEGS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SEGS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does SEGS mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectBritish
Small metal studs or plates fixed to the heel and toe of a boot or shoe to slow down wear.
Segs are hammered into the sole of work boots, mostly in northern England and Scotland, so that the metal takes the wear instead of the leather. The plural segs is the form actually used when talking about a pair of boots fitted with them.
How SEGS is used
Regional; heard mainly in northern British dialect speech about footwear, not in general standard English.
- The cobbler hammered new segs into the heels of the work boots.
- Farm workers once fitted segs to stop cheap leather soles wearing through so fast.
- You could hear the segs click on the flagstones every time he walked in.
- Without segs, the toe of the boot wore down within a single winter.
- The old smithy still sold small tins of iron segs for repairing footwear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEGS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEGS
Common questions about SEGS
- Is SEGS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEGS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEGS worth?
- SEGS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEGS mean?
- Small metal studs or plates fixed to the heel and toe of a boot or shoe to slow down wear.
- What letters can be added to SEGS?
- No single letter can be added to SEGS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SEGS:
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