TIGON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TIGON 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 TIGON?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIGON is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIGON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tigonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIGON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TIGON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about TIGON
- 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 TIGON mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A hybrid big cat born to a male tiger and a female lion, the reverse cross of the more familiar liger.
A tigon tends to stay closer to lion size than a liger does, because growth genes inherited from the mother have a stronger effect on the size of hybrid big cats than those inherited from the father. Tigons occur only in captivity, since tigers and lions no longer share territory in the wild outside a small area of India where the two species do not naturally interbreed. Zoos and private breeders have produced a tigon from time to time since at least the nineteenth century, mostly out of curiosity rather than any conservation purpose.
How TIGON is used
A specialised zoological term for a captive-bred big cat hybrid, rarely met outside discussions of exotic animals.
- The zoo's tigon inherited its father's stripes and its mother's smaller frame.
- Breeders first recorded a tigon in captivity well over a century ago.
- Unlike the larger liger, a tigon rarely grows past lion size.
- Critics argue that breeding a tigon serves no conservation purpose.
- Visitors lined up to see the rare tigon at the sanctuary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIGON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIGON
The 5 tiles of TIGON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TIGON
1 longer words begin with TIGON.
Shorter words from the letters in TIGON
Common questions about TIGON
- Is TIGON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIGON, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIGON worth?
- TIGON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIGON mean?
- A hybrid big cat born to a male tiger and a female lion, the reverse cross of the more familiar liger.
- What letters can be added to TIGON?
- TIGON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TIGON:
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