TEGG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TEGG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEGG?
| 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 TEGG is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEGG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
teggsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEGG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TEGG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does TEGG mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A sheep in its second year, before its first shearing; also spelled teg.
On a farm, a tegg is a young sheep past its first year but not yet shorn for the first time, a stage between a lamb and a fully grown ewe or wether. The term belongs to traditional sheep-farming vocabulary and is used alongside the more common spelling teg.
How TEGG is used
Dialect and agricultural usage, mainly in British farming contexts.
- The farmer separated the tegg from the older ewes.
- A tegg fetched a fair price at the autumn market.
- Each tegg was tagged before it left the field.
- The shepherd found a stray tegg among the new flock.
- Wool from a tegg is finer than that of an older sheep.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEGG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TEGG
1 longer words begin with TEGG.
Shorter words from the letters in TEGG
Common questions about TEGG
- Is TEGG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEGG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEGG worth?
- TEGG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEGG mean?
- A sheep in its second year, before its first shearing; also spelled teg.
- What letters can be added to TEGG?
- TEGG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TEGG:
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