WHIRLIGIG is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. WHIRLIGIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHIRLIGIG?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIRLIGIG is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIRLIGIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whirligigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHIRLIGIG scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in WHIRLIGIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHIRLIGIG has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WHIRLIGIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A toy that spins round, or a restless round of changing events and activity.
In everyday talk the whirligig is usually a figure of speech for a dizzying cycle that never settles. The literal toy sense is older, and the word also names a small beetle that circles on the surface of ponds.
How WHIRLIGIG is used
Found both for a literal spinning toy and, more often, figuratively for a hectic, ever-changing situation.
- The child wound the string and watched the whirligig spin on the table.
- The election season became a whirligig of rumours and reversals.
- A whirligig beetle darted in circles across the still pond.
- Life in the newsroom was a whirligig that never slowed down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIRLIGIG and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHIRLIGIG
1 longer words begin with WHIRLIGIG.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIRLIGIG
Common questions about WHIRLIGIG
- Is WHIRLIGIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHIRLIGIG, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHIRLIGIG worth?
- WHIRLIGIG is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIRLIGIG mean?
- A toy that spins round, or a restless round of changing events and activity.
- What letters can be added to WHIRLIGIG?
- WHIRLIGIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of WHIRLIGIG:
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