TRIG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TRIG 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 TRIG?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRIG is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRIG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRIG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TRIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What stands out about TRIG
- 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 TRIG mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Neat, trim and smart in appearance.
Trig describes someone or something tidy, well kept and pleasing to look at, and the word survives mainly in Scots and older regional English rather than in general modern speech. It is unrelated to the informal short form trig used for trigonometry.
How TRIG is used
Dialectal and old-fashioned; met in Scots writing and older English rather than in everyday modern conversation.
- The farmhouse looked trig with its fresh coat of whitewash.
- She kept a trig little garden behind the cottage.
- He arrived looking trig in a new suit.
- The old word trig was often used to praise a well-dressed child.
- Even in old age she stayed trig and upright.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRIG
The 4 tiles of TRIG in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TRIG
Showing 24 of 57 words that begin with TRIG.
Words ending in TRIG
2 words end in TRIG. Useful as a back hook: play TRIG onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRIG inside
Showing 24 of 49 words that contain TRIG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TRIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRIG
Common questions about TRIG
- Is TRIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRIG, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRIG worth?
- TRIG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRIG mean?
- Neat, trim and smart in appearance.
- What letters can be added to TRIG?
- TRIG takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TRIG:
Open TRIG in the Word Finder