VIG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. VIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIG?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIG is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does VIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The percentage a bookmaker takes on a bet.
Vig is short for vigorish, a word that reached American English from Yiddish by way of Russian, and it names the edge rather than the winnings: a bookmaker who balances the book takes the vig whatever the result. Understanding that is the difference between gambling and running a business.
How VIG is used
Uncountable: the vig on that bet. The full word is vigorish.
- The vig is built into the odds and nobody sees it.
- A book that balances earns the vig either way.
- He never worked out how much vig he had paid.
- The word vig came through Yiddish from Russian.
- Two per cent of vig on that turnover is a living.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIG
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with VIG.
Words with VIG inside
Showing 24 of 89 words that contain VIG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIG
Common questions about VIG
- Is VIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIG worth?
- VIG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIG mean?
- The percentage a bookmaker takes on a bet.
- What letters can be added to VIG?
- VIG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VIG:
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