SPRIG is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SPRIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPRIG?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPRIG is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPRIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sprigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPRIG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPRIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about SPRIG
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 SPRIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small shoot, twig or spray taken from a plant, often used for garnish, decoration or a delicate ornamental pattern; also, informally and now old-fashioned, a young man or lad.
A cook garnishes a plate with a single sprig of parsley or mint, using just a small stem and its leaves rather than a full branch, while a gardener might cut a sprig of lavender to bring indoors. Potters and jewellers also use sprig for a tiny moulded ornament shaped like a twig or spray of leaves, applied to pottery or worked into a decorative pattern before firing or finishing. Older, informal English used sprig for a young man, usually with a hint of mild disapproval, as in a sprig of nobility for an over-confident young aristocrat. Carpenters know a narrower, more technical sprig too, a small headless nail used to hold glass in a window frame until the putty sets.
How SPRIG is used
Common in everyday and horticultural writing for a small plant shoot, with older, less common senses in pottery decoration, carpentry and informal address to a young man.
- She garnished the soup with a small sprig of parsley.
- He picked a sprig of lavender from the garden.
- The vase held a single sprig of blossom.
- The potter pressed a decorative sprig onto the wet clay.
- Carpenters used a sprig to hold the pane until the putty dried.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPRIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPRIG
The 5 tiles of SPRIG in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SPRIG
24 longer words begin with SPRIG.
Shorter words from the letters in SPRIG
Common questions about SPRIG
- Is SPRIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPRIG, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPRIG worth?
- SPRIG is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPRIG mean?
- A small shoot, twig or spray taken from a plant, often used for garnish, decoration or a delicate ornamental pattern; also, informally and now old-fashioned, a young man or lad.
- What letters can be added to SPRIG?
- SPRIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPRIG:
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