TIGE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. TIGE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TIGE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIGE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIGE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TIGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What stands out about TIGE
- The same 4 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 TIGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In architecture, the plain shaft of a column between its base and capital.
Tige comes from the French word for a plant stem, since early architects likened the vertical rise of a column to the stalk that holds up a flower. Classical orders differ mainly in how this part is treated: Doric designs leave it bare, while Ionic and Corinthian examples often add fluting along its length. Drafters and stonemasons use tige as shorthand rather than spelling out a longer phrase every time a drawing needs labelling.
How TIGE is used
A specialist architectural term, rarely used outside that field.
- The architect described the tige as the plain part of the column shaft.
- Carvings rarely appear on the tige itself, only on the capital.
- The restorer cleaned centuries of grime from the marble tige.
- Between base and capital, the tige rises smooth and unbroken.
- The drawing labelled the tige, the base, and the capital separately.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIGE
The 4 tiles of TIGE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TIGE
20 longer words begin with TIGE.
Words ending in TIGE
4 words end in TIGE. Useful as a back hook: play TIGE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIGE inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain TIGE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TIGE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIGE
Common questions about TIGE
- Is TIGE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TIGE is not in it.
- How many points is TIGE worth?
- TIGE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIGE mean?
- In architecture, the plain shaft of a column between its base and capital.
- What letters can be added to TIGE?
- TIGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TIGE:
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