WANIGAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WANIGAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WANIGAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WANIGAN is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WANIGAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wanigansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WANIGAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WANIGAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 548,956.
What does WANIGAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A chest or box for supplies in a logging camp, or a small trailer used as a camp office or shelter.
The wanigan comes from an Algonquian word and belongs to the lumber camps and canoe trips of the northern woods. Over time it grew to cover the camp store, a floating cabin on a log drive and the pay office.
How WANIGAN is used
The word wanigan is regional and is found in writing about logging and wilderness travel in North America.
- The cook kept flour and tea in the wanigan.
- The crew slept in a wanigan towed behind the tractor.
- He bought a new axe at the wanigan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WANIGAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WANIGAN
1 longer words begin with WANIGAN.
Shorter words from the letters in WANIGAN
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Common questions about WANIGAN
- Is WANIGAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WANIGAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WANIGAN worth?
- WANIGAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WANIGAN mean?
- A chest or box for supplies in a logging camp, or a small trailer used as a camp office or shelter.
- What letters can be added to WANIGAN?
- WANIGAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WANIGAN:
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